FOOTBALL – Everton enjoyed their first Premier League win at Manchester United for 12 years despite playing virtually the entire game with 10 men after midfielder Idrissa Gueye was sent off for slapping his own teammate Michael Keane last night.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s superb first-half goal sealed a 1-0 win for the visitors, who shrugged off the 13th-minute incident that had Gueye and Keane square up.
United, who could have moved up to fifth with a win, dominated possession, especially in the second half, but Everton defended superbly to repel the hosts who looked blunt in attack.
Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford made several fine saves to preserve his side’s lead, the pick of them to claw away a Joshua Zirkzee header with 10 minutes remaining.
A second away win of the season lifted Everton above city rivals and champions Liverpool into 11th place, level on 18 points with United, who are above them on goal difference.
Everton manager David Moyes had failed to win in 17 previous Premier League matches as an opposition manager at Old Trafford and Everton’s most recent win there, in 2013, came when Moyes was in the home dugout during his brief United reign.
That miserable run had looked like continuing as Everton made a horrible start when defender Seamus Coleman was forced off with an injury after 10 minutes.
Worse was to follow shortly after in a bizarre incident.
After Bruno Fernandes’s shot flashed just wide after a misunderstanding in the Everton defence, a heated argument flared up between Gueye and Keane.
After Keane shoved his teammate, Gueye responded with a slap to the face of the defender, prompting referee Tony Harrington to show him a straight red card, the decision being checked and verified by VAR.
It was the first time a Premier League player had been sent off for an altercation with a teammate since Stoke City’s Ricardo Fuller was dismissed for slapping Andy Griffin during a match at West Ham United in 2008.
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