Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said he substituted Cristiano Ronaldo in their 0-0 draw with Newcastle to keep him fresh for upcoming Premier League fixtures against Tottenham and Chelsea.
07.10.2022 - 12:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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Everton will fancy their chances of giving Manchester United a proper game when the two sides meet in a rare Sunday 7pm kick-off.
The hosts are understandably outsiders at 5/2 with Betway but they face a United side that have lost eight out of their last ten away games in the league and there will be plenty that want to be against United at 21/20 for this fixture.
It's hard to know what sort of United will turn up here given what happened at the Etihad last weekend. Any team can get steamrolled by City right now but the attitude of some of the United players, particularly the offensive ones, was worrying. They basically looked like they didn't want to be there, and that suggests Erik ten Hag still has a lot to do if he is to turn this side into title contenders.
The form of Jadon Sancho is particularly worrying and it would not be any surprise were he to be benched on Sunday. Ten Hag has the option of playing Rashford on the left and Anthony Martial down the middle. It looks almost certain that Martial, who has scored three goals in two substitute appearances in the last seven days, will start.
Frank Lampard is beginning to get to grips with this Everton side who are now unbeaten in their last six games although their underlying xG numbers suggest they have more points than they ordinarily would. Goals have been in short supply at Goodison this term, so much so that only one of their four home games has produced more than one goal.
Defensively, there is no doubt that Everton are an improved side this term which is in no small part down to the acquisition of Conor Coady and James Tarkowski, but Southampton missed a stack of decent chances
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