{"id":56239,"date":"2023-04-08T22:22:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T22:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/08\/pl-man-utd-beat-everton-to-keep-top-four-push\/"},"modified":"2023-04-08T22:22:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T22:22:32","slug":"pl-man-utd-beat-everton-to-keep-top-four-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/08\/pl-man-utd-beat-everton-to-keep-top-four-push\/","title":{"rendered":"PL: Man Utd beat Everton to keep top four push"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Manchester United had 21 shots in the first half against Everton, their most on record (since 2003-04) in the opening 45 minutes of a Premier League game
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Manchester United strengthened their grip on a top-four place and kept Everton deep in relegation trouble with a one-sided victory at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

Scott McTominay\u2019s well-taken first-half effort and Anthony Martial\u2019s first Premier League goal since December were enough to give United victory.<\/p>\n

However, it should have been more for Erik ten Hag\u2019s men, with Jordan Pickford making a string of fine saves and Aaron Wan-Bissaka somehow failing to finish into an empty net after Antony\u2019s shot had bounced straight back to him off a post.<\/p>\n

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There was also late concern for the hosts when Marcus Rashford was forced to leave the field and was pictured walking very gingerly up the tunnel to the home dressing room.<\/p>\n

That is not what Ten Hag needs before Thursday\u2019s Europa League quarter-final with Sevilla, although Martial\u2019s return, along with that of Christian Eriksen after two-and-a-half months out with an ankle injury, were welcome as Brazilian midfielder Casemiro completes his four-match domestic suspension.<\/p>\n

As for Everton, they are in the unsatisfactory position of having to see how others do before knowing what the full damage caused by this defeat will be.<\/p>\n

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