Everton registered back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time this season after grinding out a resilient 1-0 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford, ending the Red Devils' four-match home winning streak, and doing so despite going down to 10 men early in the contest, Softfootball reports.
Manchester United came into the game on the back of a 2-2 draw against Tottenham before the international break , but any hopes of building momentum were disrupted by a chaotic moment in the opening stages. Referee Tony Harrington stunned everyone when he showed Everton's Idrissa Gueye a straight red card for striking teammate Michael Keane in the face during an altercation a bizarre incident that immediately altered the flow of the match.
Yet United failed to take advantage of the extra man, and they were punished before the half-hour mark. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall produced a moment of pure class, skipping past a pair of weak challenges on the edge of the area before bending a sensational right-footed effort into the top corner, leaving Senne Lammens helpless despite getting his fingertips to the ball.