Meanwhile, theĭefensive perfection continued with a superb tackle by Jagielka on Where Pienaar and Baines were combining well. And off theĬorner, Howard came off his line smartly to snuff out theĮverton were showing no fear, with some great plays down the left Top-corner shot that Howard was more than equal to. Ronaldo looked to have scored but his rolled shot hit Speed and audacity of the United strikeforce looked to bewilder Their favour, which of itself was very encouraging at Old Trafford,īut the resolute defence was living on a knife-edge as the sheer United and creating some action in the United area, only for Van de Saar to excel in his dominantĮverton were getting a number of marginal decisions called in Everton relished the openness, taking the game to Seems the top teams do almost to make their games more pleasing to Giving Everton rare time and space to play the ball - something it Interestingly, United were standing off their counterparts a little, Yellow card looked to be only a question of time for Ref Halsey. Vidic came off worst in a clash of heads with Marou, whose 11th Shot careened away miraculously off Howard's outstretched boot. Really have scored when the ball came to Tevez but his close-range Possession football without taking too many chances when they could.īut a great ball in from Ronaldo caused panic and United should Howard looked a little uncertain on one cross inĮverton were carrying on from the Arsenal game, playing sensible
Out of the way, as Everton otherwise stood up well to the early Manc Ronaldo thankfully firing into the solid Everton wall, the second onĪ great cross in from Baines when he unceremoniously shoved Vidic Minutes, the first a clear tackle from behind in a dangerous spot, These key players start at Old Trafford, Anichebe once again watchingįellaini committed two rather silly fouls inside the first 5 Still to come on Wednesday, the goods news for the Blues was that both After fears about the fitness of Tim Cahill and Marouane FellainiĪhead of this game, and the final episode of the Merseyside cup-tie