Casemiro showed what he brings to Manchester United in two seconds vs Everton

Manchester United players rushed to him when they went ahead and Erik ten Hag embraced him at full-time. No, not Cristiano Ronaldo; Casemiro.

It was Casemiro who leaped like Ronaldo to outjump Amadou Onana when United were confined to their own penalty area in the 95th minute. James Garner, the penny in the arcade pushed over the edge by Casemiro, stirred Everton in the dying embers and connected with the loose ball that was diligently blocked by Marcus Rashford.

Frank Lampard expressed his admiration for Casemiro at full-time, another midfield heavyweight to do so after Roy Keane's warm greeting at Old Trafford.

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Casemiro radiates awe. Other than Ronaldo, he generated the loudest appreciation from the assembled supporters as United players strolled to the team coach after his debut at Southampton in August.

In the dressing room at Carrington, Casemiro has already established himself as a leader who radiates a "quiet authority", according to one well-placed source. He immediately commanded respect.

His presence does not reassure everyone. A friend in the away end of the Bullens Stand messaged prior to kick-off, "That midfield has the mobility of Schneiderlin and Schweinsteiger!!"

Casemiro and Christian Eriksen is an older combination than Louis van Gaal's risk-aversive midfielders. Both are aged 30, with Eriksen only nine days older than Casemiro, and an acronym nickname akin to those favoured by the Madrid sports dailies is unlikely to catch on. CC are hardly a carbon copy.

Pitting Casemiro and Eriksen against an athletic midfield trio of Onana, Idrissa Gueye and Alex Iwobi had an element of risk yet United were always bound to have more of the ball and that had