Everton 1-0 Manchester United: Premier League – live reaction!
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Minute-by-minute report: Will Everton move away from the relegation zone with a win against Manchester United? Join Barry Glendenning to find out.
Premier League: Anthony Gordon brought his club a precious victory in their increasingly fraught attempt to avoid relegation as Manchester United’s top-four prospects suffered a serious setback, writes Andy Hunter from Goodison Park.
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On United’s lack of ideas: “It’s not only creativity,” he says in an interview with the BBC. “I think we had enough creative payers on the pitch. It’s also about being physical enough in the final third, being physical and trying to score a goal. We didn’t have enough players in the box.”
On his side’s top four hopes: “Difficult,” he says. “As long as we don’t win our own games it doesn’t make sense to hope for good results from the other teams.
On the win for his side: “I’m very proud,” he tells BT Sport. “You know, these are pressure times. Where we are is the reality of the situation but at Goodison we’ve been good. That’s our fifth win in seven [at home] and we’ve been keeping clean sheets. Away from home is a different aspect but when we come together, fans and players alike, then we’re hard to beat here.
“It all starts with our physical output, our contact, our fighting spirit ... because that’s what fans demand here. And rightly so and they got today from minute one to minute 95.”
On the result: “Coming off the back of the last game there was a lot of disappointment,” he tells BT Sport’s Des Kelly. “Heads were down, as you’d expect. We came into it with a good game plan. We had to stick together at times, but we did that and got