After a brilliant first half on offense and a second marked by United's iron-clad defense, the "Red Devils" attacked the territory of their neighbor with goals by
United opted to get things done in a hurry with a kind of blitzkrieg into City territory, and it was only a matter of time until they scored.
That occurred when Rashford was knocked down by Bernardo Silva and was awarded the penalty by the video assistant referee, which he duly converted to put United in the lead 1-0 at minute 23.
Rashford almost scored minutes later, but his shot bounced off the bar.
After a first half on the offense, United was all defense in the second, though City got some satisfaction when a header into the back of the net by
Meanwhile, Chelsea suffered their third loss in four games in the
The Toffees made their first match of the post-
Richarlison, a 22-year-old Brazilian forward who recently extended his contract with Everton until 2024 and is a pillar of the club's future, opened the scoring in just the fifth minute when he headed a cross from
Chelsea controlled possession and had more chances the rest of the first half, but they repeatedly failed to convert after working the ball into Everton's area.
Those failures in the final third of the field came back to haunt them in the 49th minute, when the home side grabbed a 2-0 lead on a goal by
But instead it was Calvert-Lewin who struck once again in the 84th minute for Everton to make the score 3-1, a goal that came after the Blues had once again scrambled unsuccessfully to clear the ball out of their area.
Afterward, Chelsea's head coach rued his team's poor defending.
"Yeah, disappointing because ... we gave away three really poor goals from our point of view and didn't do enough with all the possession and chances we had. We need to be more effective in both boxes,"
Chelsea stumbled to the loss a day after learning that the club's two-window transfer ban for having breached rules on signing young players has been reduced following an appeal to the
The ruling means the
Chelsea is currently in fourth place in the
Everton, meanwhile, jumped out of the relegation zone with the win and are currently in 14th place with 17 points.
In other Matchday 16 action in the
The Reds then doubled their lead shortly before halftime when midfielder
The Reds provisionally have a double-digit lead over second-place
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