However, Bruno Fernandes’ 72nd-minute free-kicked changed the momentum before Manuel Ugarte drilled home the equaliser, although United were indebted to an intervention by VAR which led to referee Andy Madley to overturn his late decision to award a penalty to Everton for a foul on Ashley Young.
Everton boss David Moyes felt there was not enough in the penalty award for it to be over-ruled but he felt it should have stood for Matthijs de Ligt’s shirt-pull on Young and not the official Premier League reason of a subsequent foul by Harry Maguire.
The hosts were well worth their two goals from Beto and Abdoulaye Doucoure inside the opening 33 minutes as United’s fragile backline struggled to handle their opponents’ energy while further forward they failed to register a shot on target in the opening 45 minutes.
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim focused on the positives of their comeback 2-2 draw at Everton after admitting his side “did not exist” in the first half.
“Anyone that watches Everton know they will be really good on second balls and the two goals are second balls.
