Эвертоны шинэ тоглогч Эйнсли Мэйтланд-Найлс нэмэлт цагт гайхалтай гоол оруулснаар Манчестер Юнайтед хожлоо алдлаа.
Ням гарагт болсон Премьер лигийн тоглолтын хоёрдугаар хагас эхлээд 61 дэх секундэд Брайан Мбеумо гоол оруулж Манчестер Юнайтед тэргүүлж эхэлсэн юм. Тоглолтын 88 дахь минутад Беньямин Шешко дахин гоолдсон ч Манчестер Юнайтед хамгаалалтын алдаа гаргаж, тоглолтын төгсгөлд Тайрик Жорж болон Эйнсли Мэйтланд-Найлс нарын гоолоор Эвертон тооны харьцааг 2-2 болгон тэнцүүлжээ.
Манчестер Юнайтедын хувьд Маркус Рэшфорд болон Люк Шоу нарын зүүн жигүүрийн хоршил тоглолтын турш аюултай байсан ч баг нь тоглолтын дунд хэсэгт хяналтаа алдаж, өрсөлдөгчдөө боломж олгосон байна. Эвертоны хувьд багаа сэлгээгээр хүчирхэгжүүлсэн Жек Грилиш болон сүүлийн минутад алсын цохилтоор гоол оруулсан Эйнсли Мэйтланд-Найлс нарын тоглолт эерэг өөрчлөлтийг авчирлаа.
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Manchester United were held to a dramatic 2-2 draw against Everton on Sunday, with Ainsley Maitland-Niles hitting a remarkable last-minute long-range strike to level the game.
A first-half which saw little goalmouth action’s best moment probably fell to Everton. Thierno Barry met a cross from the right but only managed to send his headed effort flying over the bar.
The visitors, though, took the lead just over a minute into the second half. Mbeumo collected the ball on the right wing, drove past several Everton defenders, and then fired a brilliant left-footed strike past Jordan Pickford into the back of the net. But with just seven minutes left on the clock, Everton managed to equalise. A well-worked move was capped by the ball being fed to Tyrique George on the right wing, who hit an incredible strike past the diving Senne Lammens into the roof of the net.
Sesko seemed to have the final say, starting and finishing the move that led to a goal in the 88th minute. The striker headed the ball past Pickford to put his side ahead. But it was Ainsley Maitland-Niles who had the final say, latching onto a ball as it rolled out of the box before hitting a brilliant strike from distance to earn his side a point.
The Athletic’s Chris McKenna, Jack Lang and Anantaajith Raghuraman analyse the game below.
Did a loss of control cost Man Utd?
United could not have started the second half better. They had struggled to create clear-cut chances in the opening 45 minutes against Everton’s defence despite Rashford’s threat down the left.
But Mbeumo broke the game with a bit of magic inside the first minute of the restart, which gave United the perfect platform to push on and secure a valuable three points on the road.
Somehow they lost control in the middle, and continuous mistakes injected life into the Hill Dickinson crowd.
One of those was Diogo Dalot needlessly giving the ball away from the right-back position when keeping possession was the move to make.
That allowed a chance which saw Lisandro Martinez needing to block Brennan Johnson’s shot.
They never looked settled defending corners or set-pieces, which further encouraged the home crowd to get behind their team.
The decision to take off Rashford and Cunha may have led to Sesko coming on, but it didn’t help overall. Between Mbeumo’s goal and Sesko’s header, they did not have a shot on target. They started to lose threat at the other end, which also gave Everton confidence to get further forward.
Sesko popped up with what United thought was a winner, but yet more fragility at the back cost them.
Maitland-Niles’ finish was outrageous, but United should have dealt with the set piece with more authority. This was a huge two points dropped, and the lack of control after getting in front twice cost them.
Chris McKenna
How remarkable a debut was this for Ainsley Maitland-Niles?
They say you only get one chance to make a first impression. A solid handshake and eye contact usually do the job in everyday life. In football, a bit of effort and a broad display of competence is generally accepted as a pretty decent return.
In his first game for Everton, deep into added time, Ainsley Maitland-Niles produced something far, far more memorable.
Maitland-Niles, who arrived at the club at the start of the week, was not a marquee signing. The former Arsenal man had been playing for Lyon, on the fringes of most people’s footballing consciousnesses. His return to the Premier League was not a big story. Even for Everton, much of the excitement on deadline day was to be found elsewhere.
Maitland-Niles hits his remarkable equaliser (Carl Recine/Getty Images)
The 29-year-old could prove to be an astute signing. He can play at full-back, in central midfield and on the wing.
That, for now, is all just bonus material. His goal here was staggeringly good, a shot that seemed to rip through the entire afternoon. It also injected a much-needed shot of optimism into Everton’s season after a testing week.
It is hard to imagine how he could have started better.
Jack Lang
How did Man Utd’s excellent off-ball movement lead to Mbeumo’s goal?
This match desperately needed a moment of quality to unlock it, and Bryan Mbeumo provided it just 61 seconds into the second half.
The goal was made possible by United’s smart work without the ball. In the build-up, Fernandes and Dalot were furthest forward for United in the right half space. Fernandes’ positioning pulled Vitalii Mykolenko narrower, while Tyrique George followed Dalot infield. Cunha dropping deep drew the Everton midfield’s attention, opening the passing lane for Kobbie Mainoo to find Mbeumo holding his width.
As Mbeumo drove infield, Fernandes peeled to the right wing, causing a second of indecision from Mykolenko.
Dalot’s underlapping run into the box stopped Everton’s centre-backs from stepping out. That meant once Mbeumo got past George’s desperate tackle attempt, he could get to the edge of the box and curl a shot with his stronger left foot into the far corner.
It was a rehearsed move that was capped off by a fantastic finish and meant United went ahead for the first time this Premier League season.
Anantaajith Raghuraman
How crucial could the Shaw-Rashford relationship be for Man Utd?
The obvious debate this week is about United failing to sign a left back to share the load with Shaw. That’s because of Shaw’s injury record and the worry of how United will rotate him with so many games this season — and where it might leave them defensively.
But another reason why Shaw may need to stay fit is because of this rekindling of his relationship down the left side with Marcus Rashford. The pair have picked up from where they left off a couple of years ago. Shaw is going to be crucial to unlocking the best of Rashford.
The threat of Shaw caused some worry for makeshift Everton right-back Merlin Rohl, who stood off Rashford, and that gave him the space to really attack the out-of-position midfielder.
Rashford was brilliant here, and the constant isolation of Rohl allowed him to show his full threat down the left. Even when Everton put Vitalii Mykolenko over to that side, Rashford beat him easily and played a brilliant cut-back, which Diogo Dalot left, and Matheus Cunha shot over.
With Shaw floating around, Rashford was given the space to put in a dangerous first-half cross which needed a good clearance from Jarrad Branthwaite. His run through the Everton defence and then clever flick back to Cunha deserved a goal, although the last-ditch tackle from James Tarkowski was brilliant.
After a good performance last week at home to Ipswich Town, this was another performance to suggest Rashford is going to be an important player now he has returned to United and is staying at the club.
Chris McKenna
Can George and Grealish give Everton hope amid their striker woes?
For Everton fans hoping this game would draw a line under the existential horrors of Tuesday’s transfer deadline day, this was a positive outcome.
In the first hour, a performance of graft and occasional promise looked like it was running aground in entirely predictable ways.
Thierno Barry, the club’s only senior striker after the sale of Beto and Folarin Balogun’s disappearing act, did what Thierno Barry does. He worked hard, made some decent runs and, with the match goalless just before half-time, headed a golden chance over the bar from six yards out.
On the right side, Brennan Johnson’s best Iliman Ndiaye impression failed to convince. Johnson is a fluid mover but too polite on the ball; he saw one shot deflected over but, after working a better chance, moments later, just allowed the ball to run through to Senne Lammens, no questions asked.
There was, to be fair, a reaction, even before Maitland-Niles’s leveller. Tyrique George capped a sparky performance with a fine goal, which briefly looked like salvaging a point from the game. Then there was Jack Grealish, whose second-half cameo gave Everton a foothold in the game.
The former England man wove patterns, combined well with Myolenko down the left, and generally just lifted the hosts’ level. He only checked in for his second loan spell at the club earlier in the week, but already Grealish has the look of a talisman. It would be a huge surprise if he was not to start against Tottenham next week.
Jack Lang
What did Carrick say?
We will bring you this after he has spoken at the post-match press conference.
What next for United?
Thursday, September 10: Sabah (Home), Champions League, 8pm BST, 3pm ET
