Rashford, Zirkzee bag doubles as Amorim enjoys first league win at Man Utd

Marcus Rashford and Joshua Zirkzee bagged a brace apiece as Manchester United beat Everton 4-0 in Ruben Amorim’s first Premier League house match.

Rashford opened the scoring after half an hour as he was discovered simply contained in the field from Bruno Fernandes’ nook and half-volleyed house.

Fernandes was as soon as once more the supplier seven minutes later as Amad Diallo’s stress on Jarrad Branthwaite noticed the ball break to the Portuguese midfielder, who squared it previous Jordan Pickford for Zirkzee to double the hosts’ lead.

Rashford’s third purpose in two league video games got here simply 20 seconds into the second-half as he dispatched a close-range strike previous Pickford after being slipped into the world by Diallo.

Diallo was additionally on the coronary heart of United’s fourth as he pinched it off the Everton defence as soon as once more, this time dispossessing James Tarkowski, earlier than driving into the world and teeing up Zirkzee to stroke house for his second.

After a disappointing draw away at Ipswich City to kick off his tenure, Amorim’s first Premier League victory sees his facet climb to ninth within the desk.

As for Everton, they continue to be in fifteenth, simply two factors away from the relegation zone having failed to attain for a fourth successive match.

The guests created little or no, with their finest likelihood of the afternoon coming within the first half as Beto rounded Andre Onana, however having been compelled out broad, his effort on purpose went broad of the close to publish.

Sean Dyche’s facet are actually and not using a win of their final 5 league outings and with a house fixture towards Wolverhampton Wanderers up subsequent being adopted by clashes towards Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester Metropolis, issues do not get a lot simpler.

Amorim, in the meantime, had the luxurious of with the ability to withdraw key gamers across the hour mark, with Fernandes and Nouissair Mazraoui amongst these to get replaced with United’s journey to Arsenal on Wednesday in thoughts.

United’s 4-0 victory noticed them win a Premier League sport by 4 or extra targets for the primary time since August 2021. They achieved the feat in Amorim’s second league match in cost, having failed to take action in any respect beneath Erik ten Hag.

United’s attackers appear to be flourishing beneath the brand new administration, with Rashford and Zirkzee having now scored extra league targets beneath their new boss than they’d beneath the sacked Dutchman this season.

Amorim’s system appears to be getting probably the most out of Rashford, particularly, with the Englishman additionally scoring within the draw towards Ipswich City.

The introduction of a back-three and wing-backs has relieved the 27-year-old of his monitoring duties, which was an space of his sport he had been criticised over in latest weeks.

With Rasmus Hojlund, who did not function at this time, additionally within the UEFA Europa League on Thursday, Amorim’s appointment seems to have been an impressed one for Outdated Trafford’s assault.

The 22-year-old has been an integral a part of United’s upturn in kind, first beneath Ruud van Nistelrooy, and now beneath Amorim.

He has rapidly made the appropriate wing-back place his personal and was instrumental in three of the house facet’s targets this afternoon with a mix of his defensive work-rate and attacking decision-making.

Manchester United: Onana 7; Mazraoui 7, de Ligt 6, Martinez 7; Diallo 9*, Casemiro 6, Mainoo 7, Dalot 7; Fernandes 8, Zirkzee 8, Rashford 8. Subs: Mount N/A, Ugarte 6, Garnacho 7, Maguire 6, Shaw 6.

Everton: Pickford 5; Younger 5, Tarkowski 5, Branthwaite 4, Mykolenko 5; Doucoure 6, Gueye 6; Lindstrom 5, McNeil 6, Ndiaye 6; Beto 6. Subs: Calvert-Lewin 6, Harrison 5, Mangala 5, O’Brien 5, Patterson 6.

34′ – GOAL! MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 EVERTON (RASHFORD): United win the nook down their left. Fernandes performs it simply inside the sting of the field to Rashford, whose side-footed half-volley finds the again of the web.

41′ – GOAL! MANCHESTER UNITED 2-0 EVERTON (ZIRKZEE): Diallo pinches it off Branthwaite, who was seeking to play out. The ball breaks for Fernandes to run onto in the appropriate of the field and he’s the supplier as soon as once more as he squares it previous Pickford to Zirkzee, who on the stretch, slots house for a second for United.

46′ – GOAL! MANCHESTER UNITED 3-0 EVERTON (RASHFORD): Diallo drives to the sting of the field and slips a ball by for Rashford making the run in behind into the appropriate of the world, and the ahead dispatches his effort previous Pickford.

64′ – GOAL! MANCHESTER UNITED 4-0 EVERTON (ZIRKZEE): Diallo closes down Tarkowski and pinches it off him simply over midway earlier than driving into the field and teeing up Zirkzee to his left, who strokes it into the underside proper nook.