The goal fast is over for Manu

For Jose Mourinho seeing his young guns delivering, after a series of annoying draws in the past matches, now he can state about his squad seriousness in mounting a run towards the top.

Finally, the goal fast is over after seeing his Boys netting an important and valuable win in the course of the New Year across Merseyside and against the arch rivals the Everton Toffees to a score of 2-0.

By beating one of the hottest squads in Premiership and delivering back to back defeats to the School of Science bunch, the heat is on and an imminent return to the drawing board for Sam Allardyce and company.

Ask that to a busy Blues defensive backfield working as hard as possible to stop the Red Devils counter attacks and offensive might from its strikers, that all evening long displayed their intentions and hunger to beat the posts of Jordan Pickford.

At least we have a player in the Toffees earning his salary proudly is no other like its keeper Jordan Pickford in the last matches seen working arduously to prevent a collapse in his posts and squad altogether.

Still this was to be a match for two of United most promising of attackers in Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial putting on an offensive show of might and god football, by sending a message to their Boss of the quality and initiative these have to deliver.

Forget Lukaku and Ibramovic, despite these two valuable in the field, but unfortunately, down with injuries, still in the course of this match these two not missed at all after seeing how the Red Devils initial eleven was putting pure pressure in the Toffees defenders.

 However, one thing we saw from the Everton bunch their sheer desires of persevering with a draw after the display and attacking might see by their cross Merseyside foes and all around dominance since the beginning of the match.

In addition, of taking all sorts of attacks and putting up with various attempts of goal, the first half-ended with an score even at zeros and with the promises of seeing a much contested battle between these two squads.

Unfortunately, for Big Sam and company everything happened in the second half, when the United crew started making more sense of their plays and showing off a more organized attack, focusing it towards opening the scoreboard at whatever cost.

The second half saw the like of Juan Mata crashing the ball on the posts and later Paul Pogba in the 52 sending a shoot that just shave Pickford posts so closely to the dismay of the large contingent of United fans that traveled to Goodison Park.

As the possession percentage favoring heavily the likes of Manchester United Boys with a 81% versus the local Everton side with just 19%, the odds of a win for the visitors was heavily on their side.

I can say with some irony as the first play of goal that United generated had the likes of Wayne Rooney involved trying a pass outside the area and giving it to the wrong player a former teammate in Anthony Martial that he converted for the first score of the game.

In the minute 57 Mou and company took the lead, but a furious reaction of the locals supported by their fan base Holgate did his best to beat the likes of De Gea with no success until that close play by Oumar Niasse headers going wide to the disappointment of their followers.

Nevertheless the second goal from United with a play that confused the likes of the Toffees defense when Pogba and Lingard going inside the area and with his kick he sealed the deal in the 81 and with the Frenchman always being the main collaborator for both scores.

Happy New Year 2018!

 

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