[Hoof the ball]

Rashford apparently didn't have a good game, yet, his movement was so effective that players around him looked better and midfielders had passing options. Lukaku came on and the entire team capitulated and reverted to type. Can you honestly tell me that this is a mere coincidence?

 

[ravi2]

We were playing solid football till we conceded. Quite an enjoyable match up to that point...and that's something I haven't been able to say all season.

 

[Kapardin]

Good, aggressive football for 2/3rds of the game. Simple things like dropping Lukaku and Sanchez, playing Martial and Fred should have been implemented a long time ago.

17 points, hope our rivals drop points sometime.

 

[Werd.]

LVG was right. These players need to be more horny in front of goal. Should have buried them.

 

[minoo-utd]

What the feck is going on with Lukaku? Is it World cup effect? Confidence?

 

[Tibs]

Good win

Martial, Pogba, Shaw our best players.

Bringing on Lukaku removed some composure from the team and was a completely pointless sub

 

[UncleBob]

Lukaku shouldn't be anywhere near the starting lineup.

Extremely sluggish

 

[PoTMS]

Sell Lukaku. That is all.

 

[IrishRedDevil]

Sky seem devastated.

 

[ravi2]

Rashford apparently didn't have a good game, yet, his movement was so effective that players around him looked better and midfielders had passing options. Lukaku came on and the entire team capitulated and reverted to type. Can you honestly tell me that this is a mere coincidence?

As soon as lukaku came on we looked like shit. It is no coincidence.
He has got to go

 

[devilish]

Lukaku is Berba 2

Barbie had more talent in his right toe then all the Lukakus have in their entire body since the beginning of time.

 

[All 3 United]

Great 3 points, some better football but that decision not to sign a centre back looks more and more stupid.

Pogba good game but cut out the show boating and theatrical crap.

 

[Ibrahimorich]

Pretty good performance for us recently. Controlled the game much better with this midfield. Matic still useless though.

Lukaku looked rubbish when he came on.

Let's try this with Sanchez in for Rashford and Herrera in for Matic.

 

[Ban]

Good win but we made a mess with that penalty and it was a bit shaky till the end..
This is a team which should play most games minus Matić.
Pogba has a good game but that stuff which lead to the pen he should cut out really.

 

[Tibs]

Shout out to Lindelof too

 

[Ballache]

Lukaku is Berba 2

Excuse me?
I would kill to have Berba on this team. He's twice the player Lukaku will ever be.

Decent win, should have killed the game though.
Martial needs to play, I don't care how much Sanchez is on.

 

[UncleBob]

Good win

Martial, Pogba, Shaw our best players.

Bringing on Lukaku removed some composure from the team and was a completely pointless sub

Lindelof was mint.

 

[OnlyTwoDaSilvas]

Up to the nosebleeds in 8th. Set to duke it out with Watford and Bournemouth for a Europa League spot. Let's go!

 

[utdalltheway]

We were cruising at 2-0, then suffered after they scored. 3 pts.
Onwards and upwards.

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

Thank feck for that. A good theee points but we made it much harder than it had to be.

We’re going to see drama with Mourinho and Pogba now though. No way he doesn’t call him out for his shenanigans that lead to their penalty.

Would be harsh, takes a bit of weakness from Mata and a daft decision from Smalling to make a small Pogba mistake into a goal.

Also, Mourinho will be delighted with his attitude and workrate after their goal don’t you think @Pexbo?

 

[BootsyCollins]

Build the team around Pogba and Martial. Skip the "tank" forward in Lukaku and get someone more mobile and fluid in there.
Victor will grow into a great player for us so buy a WC CB to match him and we will be good.

 

[Jacko21]

That would’ve been much more satisfying had we won 2-0.

Don’t agree with Lukaku coming on.

Pogba needs to cut that crap out. Smalling had a brainfart.

Some decent football in parts though and an important 3 points.

 

[12OunceEpilogue]

One of our better performances. We faded after their goal and made some stupid mistakes but the likes of Martial and Pogba dragged us through in the end. A welcome three points, a non-negative goal difference and something to build on for next week.

 

[redzombie]

everything went to hell as soon as we brought Lukaku on

 

[ravi2]

Sell Lukaku. That is all.

The difference before and after lukaku came on was like night and day. He is just terrible

 

[jmaggio]

We went to pot after lukaku came on and blocked any fluidity that our attack had, I’m sorry but it’s true.

 

[afrocentricity]

Happy about that win. Obviously performance could be better but I'll take it.

 

[Chairman Steve]

It’s yet another time where Utd look reasonably comfortable, concede a stupid goal and shit the bed afterwards, meaning back to square one in terms of momentum.

 

[BristolRuss]

Hope that shows Jose that Martial is by far and away our best left sided player. If he's going to play Sanchez I'd much rather it was up front.

 

[peridigm]

Not the prettiest of wins but 3 points is 3 points. Brought that GD to ZERO. Clearly a difference in style when Lukaku came on. Stand outs for me was Lindelof, Pogba, and Martial.

Better but still not anywhere near good enough.

 

[Frosty]

I read a piece by Jonathan Wilson after the Chelsea game saying that given our flaws attack is the best form of defence for us, and it was only after Mourinho decided to sit on the 2-1 lead that Chelsea got back into it. I felt the same thing today. I don't think we are good enough to defend a lead. We need to go hell for leather which will likely lead to us losing more but going down fighting.

 

[Ramshock]

A win but we just make hard work of every game.

Tbf we have always done that..especially under Fergie

 

[WensleyMU]

Easy win, Everton offered very little really. Another 4 points, 7 from the last 9, gap now 5 points.

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

Build the team around Pogba and Martial. Skip the "tank" forward in Lukaku and get someone more mobile and fluid in there.

Like Sanchez maybe?

 

[Oly Francis]

Too bad Pogba spoiled his game a bit with bad choices at the end of the game because he was really on another level before that.

I have a hard time reading people that sum his game up to these mistakes though, he did so much more and was active during 90mn.

 

[FreakyJim]

Sell Lukaku to Belgium's national team

 

[Litch]

Sky seem devastated.

Aren't they....

 

[Feed Me]

Should have demolished them but ended up hanging on because we have a bunch of children playing for us.

9 points off the top, mid table and a zero goal difference.

We’re a joke.

 

[Sterling Archer]

3 points

We look better without Lukaku.

He didn't help himself with that cameo either.

Martial is playing wonderfully. He did some great work in our half to support Shaw in addition to being our best threat. Really good to see such an all round performance from him, minus that last miss.

We can get top 4 yet. Going to take a real shakeup before we're title contenders again, however.

 

[RD76]

Lukaku is Berba 2

What an insult. Berbatov was a technically brilliant footballer.

 

[AltiUn]

Pogba, Martial, Lindelof and Fred were our best players today. Mata kept things ticking very well, having a bit of a resurgence which is something I didn't think I'd be saying this season. Matic and Shaw were really bad today, Young was fine going forward but a defensive nightmare. We should've scored more but we also should have conceded a few today, they cut through us so often due to the gaps Shaw and Young were leaving.

Pogba's mistake for the goal was bad but that was 80% Smalling, they'd been getting through us all game so a goal was inevitable at some point. Our penalty was dodgy but Everton had a helping hand from the referee in every other way. We've got a serious issue up front, Rashford and Lukaku look awful, we played much better with Rashford on the pitch though.

Overall we created plenty of chances and played some good football at times, again we crept into that loser mentality of protecting our 1 goal cushion by going ultra defensive, Everton had us pinned for 15 minutes, we still should have scored mind. What I don't understand about that defensive tactic is leaving on our biggest defensive liabilities, particularly Matic.