DBasia.news – Manchester United (MU) has returned to their winning ways. The Red Devils defeated the host, Everton 3-1 in the continued English League, Saturday (7/11/2020) evening. Manchester United’s victory was determined by two goals from Bruno Fernandes and Edinson Cavani.
Three of MU’s goals were scored by Bruno Fernandes (25 ’32’) and Edinson Cavani (90 + 5 ‘) who responded to Everton’s opener scored by Bernard in the 19th minute. The result has made Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s position temporarily safe from dismissal.
Apart from not winning easily at Goodison Park, Carlo Ancelotti’s Everton are currently in good form this season and are in the top five. The victory lifted United’s position to 14th in the standings with 10 points from seven matches.
With that result United also ensured that they would maintain a positive record against the blue team from Merseyside. According to Opta, United have won more matches against Everton than any other team in the history of the competition, namely 37 wins.
Not only that, there is also a special record for Bruno Fernandes. The Portuguese attacking midfielder ensures that he is the top player with the status of away king in the Premier League so far.
“In just his 10th away appearance in the Premier League, Bruno Fernandes has 13 away goals from home (nine goals, four assists), the most of any player in their first 10 away games in the competition. Voyager,” said Opta.
Solskjaer in particular praised his team plus Cavani who scored the debut goal for United. “The players were fantastic. Cavani is getting better every day,” stated Solskjaer, who criticized his team’s tight schedule.
Meanwhile Fernandes saw United’s victory as a positive sign from his team after being defeated by Istanbul Basaksehir in the Champions League.
“It was a great ending to the game. We knew what we had to do (today) and we did well,” added Fernandes.
“We made a few mistakes in the second half, maybe we were a little more confident and wanted to go forward and we didn’t have too much of the ball. After the first goal we had a great reaction and we did what we had to do.
“We know our quality. We are working hard for that match. It was difficult to recover after the game (against Basaksehir). This is a moment to do something in this match and we did it, “explained Fernandes.