xavi6 wrote:Some early season bitterness from Slur -
"Fellaini is a handful: he is a big, tall, gangly lad and they just lumped the ball forward to him, that's all they did."
Hmm, on some occasions, I would have agreed with that comment but that's certainly not 'all they did' in this game.
They often out thought, out fought & outplayed Utd. It's only because they did the typical 'we'd better stop playing now we're one up, in case Utd score' routine, which many teams fall into, that Utd even gave them a game. Previous to that, Everton were the better side in all areas of the pitch.
I like this, & it was exactly the thought which went through my head:
THE INDEPENDENT
Out-fought away from home in the league and beaten with a goal from a set-piece: at least Robin van Persie's Manchester United debut last night was not too much of a departure from all those years he spent at Arsenal.