Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes shoots to attain the opening aim with a penalty kick throughout an English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Everton on the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)
Fernandes tucked away his spot kick within the twelfth minute for United’s first aim of the day, earlier than Rashford put away one other penalty to double the Reds’ lead towards the Toffees.
Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford transformed first-half penalties gained by Alejandro Garnacho as Manchester United beat Everton 2-0 on Saturday to recuperate from again-to-again Premier League losses that had jeopardized its Champions League qualification hopes.
Fernandes tucked away his spot kick within the twelfth minute for his first house aim since August after James Tarkowski clipped the leg of Garnacho simply inside the world.
The Portugal midfielder then handed over penalty duties to Rashford after Garnacho went down beneath a rash lunge by Ben Godfrey. Rashford slotted his kick into the nook after a stuttered run-as much as double the lead within the thirty sixth.
Sixth-place United, which was coming off losses to Fulham and Manchester City within the league, trimmed the hole to Tottenham in fifth to a few factors. Spurs, which performs fourth-place Aston Villa in a vital match on Sunday, has two video games in hand on United.
United can be hoping the Premier League has 5 locations — slightly than the present 4 — in subsequent season’s expanded Champions League format. An additional berth can be decided by English golf equipment’ general efficiency in European competitors this season.
Everton, which began the match at Old Trafford 5 factors away from the relegation zone, had extra photographs than United (23 to fifteen) however many have been from lengthy vary and few severely troubled goalkeeper Andre Onana.
