Everton 1-1 Manchester United: Premier League as it happened
United looking to avoid third consecutive draw in the Premier League.
Kick off: 4pm
- Marouane Fellaini gives away late penalty two minutes after coming off bench.
- Leighton Baines equalises after first-half goal from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
- United remain nine points off fourth placed Manchester City.
85 minutes: Marouane Fellaini comes off the bench.
87 minutes: Marouane Fellaini gives away a penalty.
88 minutes: Leighton Baines scores penalty.
Manchester United drop more points thanks to the Belgium international's moment of madness. They led for 88 minutes but again let a win has evaporated before their eyes.
United denied by the post! Mkhitaryan slides a ball down the right for Carrick of all people, who stands the ball up with red shirts rushing into the six yard box. Coleman get a slight header on it to shift it away from Ibrahimovic, but Herrera follows it up, chesting it down before lashing a half volley on goal that rattles off the post. Everton survive.
Coleman just about gets the better of Ibrahmovic and in a race for the ball but there is a coming together between the two as the Irishman tries to turn away. While both men are down, Ibrahimovic appears to bring his heel down on the Everton defender's head. Intentional? It looked it, but no action is taken.
United have the lead! A moment of madness for Stekelenburg and one of genius from Ibrahimovic. The Everton goalkeeper comes charging out of goal to try and get to the ball before the United striker, despite him being well marshalled by Mori. Ibrahimovic gets their first and from outside the box, hooks the ball over the Dutchman and towards goal. It takes a couple of agonising touches of the woodwork before trickling over the line.
There's a good battle in the middle of the park between pals Lukaku and Paul Pogba. The United midfielder just about fends him off the ball before shipping out wide to Valencia. Pogba eventually gets it back and decides to take the shot on despite appearing to be off balance, and lashes wide from 25 yards out.
A win for Everton this afternoon will lift them above Manchester United and West Brom into sixth place. Three points for Jose Mourinho would still leave them adrift of the top four, but at least put them back in sight of it, with Manchester City currently occupying the final Champions League place with 30 points.
Jose Mourinho has made two changes to the side that beat West Ham 4-1 on Wednesday with Paul Pogba returning in midfield as expected. He comes in for the suspended Wayne Rooney, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic flanked by Anthony Martial and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, the latter who starts just his second Premier League game of the season after registering two assists mid-week.
Luke Shaw misses out as expected with Matteo Darmian coming in at left-back instead of Daley Blind. Michael Carrick continues at the base of midfield and Eric Bailly takes a spot on the bench, having completed his recovery from a knee injury sooner than expected.
Team news: Manchester United
Chris Smalling meanwhile has also not played since that heavy defeat at Chelsea, with Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo stepping in to fill the void at the heart of defence. That duo are likely to start again today.
Team news: Manchester United
Summer signing Bailly has not played since the harrowing 4-0 Premier League defeat to Chelsea in late October where he picked up the knee ligament injury that has kept him sidelined. The Ivory Coast international returned to training this week however as he edges closer to a return, but Sunday's trip to Goodison Park will come too soon for the 22-year-old.
Luke Shaw has been in and out of the United side in recent months but his likely omission today has nothing to do with form, Jose Mourinho explained on Friday.
The injury [to Luke] is a pity. We were on this process of developing him as a player – he has a lot to learn and great potential to develop so we were giving him 90 minutes. Not consecutive matches but 90 minutes against Feyenoord then, one week later, 90 minutes against West Ham, but he got this little injury.
"In the squad, we are in a very good position with injuries – the two central defenders and Luke is what we have. Everybody is doing really well to keep that record good in such a difficult season with so many matches. Hopefully, we progress in the cup competitions and have more cup games to play in the second part of the season.
Team news: Manchester United
Luke Shaw joins Eric Bailly and Chris Smalling on the sidelines. The England international was taken off at half-time during Wednesday's EFL Cup quarter-final victory over West Ham United and replaced by Daley Blind. The Dutchman is now likely to make his first league start in over a month on Merseyside.
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