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An acrobatic wonder goal from Alejandro Garnacho sent Manchester United on their way to a 3-0 win at Everton that took them into the top six.
In just the third minute, Diogo Dalot crossed from the right side, over the head of Garnacho, who produced an incredible bicycle kick into the top-right corner that evoked memories of Wayne Rooney’s iconic winner against Manchester City back in February 2011.
While Everton had a number of good chances to equalise and had a total of 24 shots compared with the visitors’ nine, a Marcus Rashford penalty and an Anthony Martial goal secured Man Utd’s fifth win in six league matches.
How the match unfolded
Garnacho gave Man Utd the perfect start with his first goal of the season and United’s quickest in the Premier League since March 2021.
Everton pressed for an equaliser and after Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s shot forced a save from Andre Onana, Dwight McNeil was quickest to the rebound, but his effort was cleared off the line by Kobbie Mainoo, an 18-year-old midfielder making his first Premier League start for Man Utd.
Moments later, McNeil’s cross found Abdoulaye Doucoure, but he fired wide, while Calvert-Lewin headed over as Everton finished the first half in the ascendancy.
But the Toffees were made to rue their missed chances as Man Utd were awarded a penalty early in the second half following a VAR review for a foul by former United player Ashley Young on Martial.
Rashford emphatically fired his penalty into the top corner past England team-mate Jordan Pickford on 56 minutes to score his first Premier League goal since September.
Martial added the third on 75 minutes as he latched onto a through ball from Bruno Fernandes and coolly flicked his finish past Pickford for his ninth goal against Everton.
At the other end, Vitalii Mykolenko thought he had scored for the third successive match, but his powerful shot came back off the crossbar.
Man Utd move up to sixth with 24 points, while Everton are 19th with four points.
Everton report | Man Utd report
Match officials
Referee: John Brooks. Assistants: Lee Betts, Darren Cann. Fourth official: Andy Madley. VAR: Chris Kavanagh. Assistant VAR: Eddie Smart.
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