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MANUEL UGARTE’S STUNNING strike and an overturned penalty decision at the death helped Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United escape with a 2-2 comeback draw at David Moyes’ Everton.
Alex Ferguson’s successor at Old Trafford looked set to inflict a 13th Premier League defeat of the season on the wretched Red Devils, who have won just four top-flight games since Amorim arrived in November.
Moyes has overseen as many league wins since returning to Everton in January and looked set to add another after Beto and Abdoulaye Doucoure benefited from some abysmal first-half defending.
“Going down, going down, going down” bellowed the Toffees faithful as Amorim’s side stumbled towards defeat on their final visit to Goodison Park.
But Bruno Fernandes’ free-kick in the 72nd minute brought renewed hope and eight minutes later his set-piece was only cleared as far as Ugarte to chest and slam home from just inside the box.
More drama was to follow as referee Andy Madley awarded Everton a stoppage-time penalty after Ashley Young went down in the box under pressure from Harry Maguire, only to change his decision after the VAR advised him to review the monitor.
Amorim’s side struggled for much of the contest, with former defender Rio Ferdinand labelling their display as “embarrassing” and “unforgiveable” on TNT Sports shortly before Fernandes sparked their comeback.
Everton started by showing more desire to win second balls and forcing errors, including one that allowed Beto to get an early header on goal.
Jordan Pickford bravely spread himself to stop Rasmus Hojlund turning in a threatening Patrick Dorgu in a rare voyage forward by a United team lacking structure and confidence.
The Goodison Park faithful roared as their players hassled and harried the visitors, with the volume going up several notches after that pressure saw Casemiro dispossessed and Maguire cut out a cross for a corner.
United floundered as attempts to clear ended in a game of head tennis won by Everton, with Doucoure eventually nodding the ball through for Beto to swipe an effort into the ground and beyond Andre Onana in the 19th minute.
The home fans poked fun at the Red Devils during a prolonged VAR check that ended with a ruling that neither Jesper Lindstrom or Beto were offside in the move.
United’s response was meek and Moyes’ men capitalised in the 33rd minute.
Lindstrom sent Beto charging behind Maguire and the striker squared for Jack Harrison, who cut onto his right and forced Andre Onana into a save.
United’s goalkeeper could only send the ball ballooning into the air, with nor him or the flat-footed Maguire dealing with it as Doucoure nodded into an empty net.
“Attack, attack, attack” bellowed United’s frustrated fans but their side could only muster a couple of half-chances.
Amorim, surprisingly, did not make a change at the break and Moyes’ Toffees continued to keep them at arm’s length.
Doucoure saw an attempt stopped by Onana as the goalscorer threatened to make things worse for United, only to accidentally offer them a route back.
The Everton midfielder blocked a Fernandes free-kick with his arm in the wall, leading to the set piece being moved to just outside the box.
This time the United skipper beat the wall, with statuesque Pickford stranded as the ball nestled in the bottom right corner in the 72nd minute.
Fernandes ran back to the centre circle, geeing up team-mates and travelling fans, with another of his set-pieces bringing parity in the 80th minute.
The skipper’s free-kick delivery was headed clear by Beto and Ugarte controlled the ball on his chest before striking a left-footed effort beyond Pickford.
United sought a shock winner and Beto survived a VAR check for handball, then had a header held at the other end.
Pickford tipped over a Fernandes shot as the match headed towards a draw, only for added-time drama.
In the third minute of stoppage time, Idrissa Gueye saw a low drive saved by Onana and Young hit the deck under pressure from Matthijs de Ligt and Maguire.
Referee Madley pointed to the spot but the VAR Matthew Donohue advised him to go to the pitchside monitor, where he overturned his decision.
Everton’s anger at the decision was palpable as the final whistle blew.
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What’s the difference between him and the other ministers? He got Caught…
@Dáithí O Raghailaigh:
Another nepotistic unqualified and corrupt Fine Gael back slapper. Grabbed his fathers vacant seat and boarded the gravy train.
But Leo said everything was fine…..
What was it about the multi millionaire Mr McCourt’s that made you want to meet him.Dennis
@Genius 80s+: big brown envelopes I’m guessing
Leo on the telly this morning stating he had full confidence in Naughten. Naughten in the Dail this afternoon stating on record that aleo told him last night to consider his position.
Whos telling the truth??
@The Risen: not leo
@Barry Harrington: Typo
The people should owned these essential services. but no. FG/FF have to sell everything to their buddies or vulture funds.
@Sean Conway: you do realise there is no infrastructure to sell, that’s the problem, if it existed we’d have rural broadband?
The tender is to build the infrastructure and then allow the builder to offset the cost by running it. Mustn’t be that lucrative a contract though if companies keep pulling out of the process
It makes a mockery of the tender process if ministers are having secret meetings with service providers .
@John Judd: The guardians of the state caught with their hands in the till again.
@Sean Conway:and its about time the gardai started charging these corrupt gombeens
Dennis and ministers again. Yet Dennis will still get the contract. Just more naked corruption.
Naughten is probably looking at a seat on the board.
Leo has never put the public interest first – it has always been his party and himself before the people.
What’s the difference between him and the other ministers? He got Caught…
I wonder what Noonan got away with?
Getting involved with FG is the same as getting mixed up with the Donald, you will always lose out.
Election time.
So after Storm Callum comes Storm Denis am I right
Crying laughing emoji.
WTF was he thinking? Maybe that he wouldn’t get caught.
@Mark Waldron: emmm,, what’s in it for me???
@Gordon Larney: For sure! That’s the politicians mantra isn’t it?
Fine Gael – what a party that party is. Corruption is rife within its ranks & it doesn’t start & finish with Durrrrty Denis. They are the true entitlement Ireland. Nepotistic – cronyism- old politics – new socks !
@Setrakian: it’s all those people on the dole fault eh Brinster. I’m just waiting for the deflection.
He was caught,the lot of them are dirty deceitful corrupt people.
@@mdmak33: and yet we vote them back in each time
Our political system is in a shambles and full of incompetent members
@Martin Brennan: corruption is not incompetence
Worst Dail ever.
Political incompetence will destroy FF and FG. The irony is that if they sorted it out long ago, there would now be no issue.
Surely in any business if there’s only one bidder left you’ll try your best to keep them onboard. Is this really a big deal or what am I missing
@Shaun Gallagher: Transparency is what you’re missing. It’s required by law when public funds are being awarded to private contractors.
@Shaun Gallagher: is it the case that they saw that the business was heading in another direction and decided to pull out resources from a costly tender process? .. and perhaps had some info on Naughton’s ‘preferred’ choice on the service provision. Maybe it was even one of the other companies that blew the whistle so to speak to put all this in motion.
In any case the main point here is that political corruption is still alive and well in this country. Call an election so that we can fulfill our democratic duty and keep pretending like our governmental organizations are fit for purpose.
Oh dear oh dear looks very crooked, lets see him try and wriggle out of this one.
And the old refrain is “I Did Nothing Wrong”
Whoaaa……wasn’t FG tagline for the previous general election was that they wanted to end sleeveen type behaviour, jobs for the boys , they wanted transparency…….jeeze aren’t they doing a sterling job….. if you like that kinda thing….. roll on the next scandal …
If that fanny fitz is given that Ministerial role, you can kiss the next election goodbye FG
@emer caffrey: Leo still doesn’t understand why she had to go…. It isn’t just a few bad apples, it’s the entire orchard that’s tainted
For a intelligent and experienced politician what was he thinking meeting with people in private and to just remember when the game was up.
His needs to go back and resit his FETAC corruption certification. I thought all politicians had to have this to sit in the Dail?
There should be more consequences for incompetency. Tonight there are two different versions of when Varadkar found out about 4 extra private dinners. Leo said he found out this morning. Naughton said he told Leo about them in his midnight call. Both of them cannot be telling the truth. One of them must be lying. And then you have the Charleton Tribunal saying that Martin Callinan was not truthful to it in his testimony. Surely he was under oath? Why can he sail into the sunset with his big pension after all this? No wonder people’s faith in mainstream politics is shattered.
He probally taught he was a bigger cute wh… than the rest of them and would get away with it
just who stinks the most F/G or F/F,
I had full confidence, but i have to consider the lower class reaction. Naughten was a huge success, but overconfident, he does not have my talents to be getting personally involved.. Those in the Dail thank him for his commitment, we hope no more politicians resign due to pressures from left wing or plebs.
Clear case of Lowryngitis, indefensible, only one cure, the axe.
Someone please find out why an EU state cannot secure any interest in the project from any of the broadband infrastructure providers in the EU, why our own ESB, Eir, & others pulled out?
Why also did not project slip away to have only a US speculative outfit fronting up a consortium of possibly undesirable background investors?
Is it possible that the drop outs got a bad smell & that something rotten kept other competent providers off the pitch?
There is a report in the archives somewhere that might help to unravel the issues.
He’s just come down with a case a Gonnerhea
A good man, hope he bounces back soon.
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