By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
A splendid performance by Manchester United at Goodison Park on Saturday has given their under pressure manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, a momentary relief, as the club grabbed three points away against Everton after conceding in the 19th minute.
The match, which ended 3-1 in favour of the Manchester club, brought out the best in their playmaker, Bruno Fernandes, who netted double in the first-half, and Edinson Cavani, who sealed the game with his first Premier League goal during the injury time.
With the victory, Manchester United has gone back to winning ways after their calamitous defeat against Istanbul Basaksehir in midweek and a loss to Arsenal last Sunday.
At the Goodison Park, it appeared like the visitors were heading for more negative headlines when Everton took the lead, when Jordan Pickford’s punt forward was flicked on by Dominic Calvert-Lewin before Bernard found the bottom corner with a powerful strike.
But within the space of 13 minutes, Solskjaer’s team completed a turnaround.
They equalised five minutes after going behind when Fernandes ghosted into the box and headed past Pickford from Luke Shaw’s cross for his fifth goal of the season.
Then after Lucas Digne had hit David de Gea’s right post with a rising shot, United went ahead as Fernandes’s lofted cross towards Marcus Rashford dropped into the bottom corner.
There were further chances for a much-improved United before Cavani scored on the counter-attack in the final minute of added time.
The win saw United avoid their worst start to a top-flight season after seven games since 1990-91, and gave Solskjaer breathing space as the Premier League heads into the International break, according to BBC report.
Victory for Everton would have taken them to the top of the table, but they struggled to break down United after their opener and were thankful to Pickford who returned to the side and made several saves.
A third successive defeat means they remain fifth in the table as United climb to 13th.
Again, Solskjaer showed that when the pressure is on his team can produce a positive result, and it underlined his point that maybe the team is not in crisis but lacking consistency as reported by BBC.
But with Victor Lindelof back in the side, and more protection from Fred and Scott McTominay in midfield, United were more solid in defence, and had the wizardry of Fernandes to get them back into the game.
