Manchester United took the lead in the 88th minute at Everton but struggled to control the game after that and conceded a late equaliser.
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Manchester United made mistakes in trying to see the game out against Everton
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When Benjamin Sesko headed Manchester United back in front at Everton on Sunday, that should have been that. A team with just one senior striker and a squad that looks short on goals shouldn't have been able to find a second response against Michael Carrick's side.
In fairness, you can point out the low value of Everton's goals. From an xG of just 0.06, they have managed to score twice. If Tyrique George did well to power the ball into the roof of Senne Lammens' net at the near post, then we can safely assume Ainsley Maitland-Niles will never score a goal like his late, late strike again.
But while the shot from the Everton debutant was unsaveable, could United have managed the game better after going ahead for a second time? With scrutiny on their defensive record after conceding twice for the third game in a row, this element is just one that is now coming under the microscope.
It was a question put to Carrick after the game and while he avoided being too critical and pointed out the quality of the strike, he did accept that he would inevitably find some fault after looking at the footage.
"When you look back, there'll be loads of little things that you can do a little bit differently, of course. But he's put it in the top corner from well outside the box, so sometimes it's one of those things," the United head coach said.
There were certainly errors for the goal. United actually cleared a corner back to Jordan Pickford, who was pushing up near the halfway line. You would expect Pickford to launch the ball back into the box, but Patrick Dorgu goes on a one-man pressing mission and Pickford cleverly exploits the space he has left behind him.
Andrey Santos hasn't covered across, and Leny Yoro is too narrow, giving Jack Grealish and Hayden Hackney space to work a much more advantageous attacking position than an aimless ball into the box. While Noussair Mazraoui clears his lines, the ball falls to Maitland-Niles and the rest is history.
As for United's game management in that seven-minute period, there are certainly passages of play that Carrick will highlight. It starts well. Harry Maguire cushions a header to Bryan Mbeumo, rather than just heading it clear.
Mbeumo and Fernandes combine on the right touchline, and United are in a good position, but as the ball goes back to Yoro and then Maguire, neither Kobbie Mainoo nor Youri Tielemans can find space for a short pass. Maguire just lumps a pass to nobody and Pickford gathers.
Dorgu certainly won't look back on this period with much fondness. At one point, he has possession on the left touchline but is facing his own goal and under pressure. Rather than trying to win a foul or teeing up a clearance for someone else, he tries to chip the ball up and loses it. The play ends with Lammens saving from George again, but the offside flag goes up.
There are two occasions when United are actually in a good attacking position. The first ends with a tame cross from Bruno Fernandes and the second with crossed wires between Yoro and Sesko, when a counter-attacking third goal looked to be on.
There are four occasions in injury time when Lammens goes long with a kick, twice from a goal kick and twice from a backpass. On the first three occasions, United end up winning the second ball and gain possession in the middle of the pitch. While going back to your goalkeeper can invite pressure, their ability to win second balls mitigates that threat.
But with 70 seconds of injury time to go, Lammens gets his fourth kick wrong. Had this goal kick gone straight down the middle, then perhaps United would have won the second ball again and seen the game out.
Instead, the Belgian goalkeeper hooks his kick and while Mazraoui tries to keep it in, he can't do so. The only time United retain possession after that is when Yoro's clearing header from a corner falls to Santos, who just smashes it down the pitch.
Pickford collects the loose ball, and a few seconds later, Everton have their second equaliser.