Manchester United's starting XI is exactly the same as the one that beat Manchester City in the last round, still using the 4231 formation, goalkeeper De Gea, the back four are Darmian, Smalling, Blind and Rojo, the double back is Schneiderlin and Carrick, the forward Mata, the left and right wing-backs Martial and Lingard, and Rashford as a single arrow. Ashley Young and Herrera are on the bench after injury.

In a-for-tat confrontation with Manchester United, Martinez also let Everton discharge the 4231 formation, goalkeeper No. 1 Hoel, the four backs are Coleman, Stones, Jagielka and Baines, the two backs are McCarthy and Manchester United veteran Smart, the forward Barkley, the left and right forwards Lennon and Deulofeu, Lukaku is a one-man forward.

Before the game, United held a naming event and Sir Bobby Charlton walked into the pitch and the South Stand at Old Trafford would be named after him. Many Red Devils fans are holding souvenirs with Sir Charlton Athletic's name on them, thanking the old Sir for his great contribution to Manchester United in the past.

Manchester United were awarded kick-off. They took advantage of the tee shot and launched a wave of attacks. However, the attack did not pose any threat and was quickly blocked by Everton.

In the following minutes, both sides played cautiously and did not produce any threatening shots.

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In the 8th minute of the game, Manchester United advanced to Everton's half with the ball, Rojo's half-high ball was passed into the small penalty area, Rashford volleyed the ball without stopping, but was blocked by Jagielka, and Manchester United won the first corner of the first half. Schneiderling took a low low shot from the left corner and Smalling's shot from eight yards was blocked.

In this game, both sides attached great importance to the scramble in the midfield, and it was difficult for each other to enter the opponent's dangerous area after winning the ball.

In such a midfield battle, it is difficult for Rashford to get any good chances.

In the 14th minute, Manchester United tackled Everton in front of the penalty area line and formed a counter-attack. Schneiderlin's long diagonal pass from behind the middle circle of his own half hit a huge gap at the back of Everton.

However, the ball was a bit too wide for Rashford to stop near the touchline, but he had lost the chance to get in the first place.

However, Everton's defence against Rashford was not too tight, allowing him to carry the ball and push into the box. However, when Rashford was close to the penalty area, Everton did not let him into the box easily, and Baines and Jagielka rushed over to cover him.

Seeing that there was no chance to break through the two-man defence, Rashford simply took advantage of the fact that they could close the ball and passed the ball through the gap between the two in the box.

However, Anthony Martial was half a step slower and was cleared by Everton centre-back John Stones.

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In the 17th minute of the game, Manchester United won a good chance, Anthony Martial passed the ball to Lingard in the middle of the march, Lingard understood it, and directly picked the ball past the Everton defenders without stopping, giving Martial a chance to hit the goal in the top left corner of the Everton penalty area, but Martial's right-footed diagonal shot into the far corner was deflected.

Slow-motion footage showed Anthony Martial's shot that hit Bynes in the back with a slight change of direction and United should have been awarded a corner, but the referee on duty, Marina, made no indication. This led to Anthony Martial's displeasure.

The Everton defenders are not too tight against Rashford, but they have a lot of small movements, and every time Rashford wants to start, they will quietly push and pull behind him, or block the referee's sight and poke Rashford or something, in short, so that Rashford can't play comfortably.

Rashford was a little annoyed by the provocation, but the midfielder of Manchester United could not send the ball to a good position in the front field because of Everton's fierce scrambling, allowing Rashford to get a good chance to shoot.

In this kind of midfield strangulation, the possession rate and pass success rate of both sides are difficult to guarantee, and timely statistics also show that the two sides are half-pounded and half-hearted in these two statistics.

In such a close situation, whoever makes the mistake first may become the lagging side.

In fact, the United defenders made a mistake in the first place.

In the 25th minute of the game, Everton intercepted Manchester United's pass and launched a counterattack. Manchester United's veteran Cleverley made a long pass, Smalling slipped and fell on the soles of his feet in the defense, and Lukaku was about to take the ball alone, De Gea rushed out of the box in time to clear the ball.

Smalling's mistake scared the Manchester United manager and the home fans in the stands enough.

In fact, this is also a microcosm of Manchester United's defence in recent years, Manchester United have struggled to score in front, but the defensive team often makes some inexplicable low-level mistakes, giving opponents the opportunity to score.

As a result, United's results are getting worse and worse, and every time the fans watch the game, from the start of the game until the final whistle, they are in a state of extreme worry, not knowing when the team will concede a goal and fall behind.

For Manchester United, the only good news for the defence is that goalkeeper David De Gea has performed well in recent seasons, which makes Manchester United's defensive statistics look less thorough.

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In the 27th minute of the game, Manchester United attacked the front again.

Jesse Lingard picked up the ball from his own back in midfield, dribbled forward to the front, and then distributed it to Juan Mata who had been pulled down the right flank.

Juan Mata was intercepted and then passed back to Lingard. Jesse Lingard kept the ball straight to Marcus Rashford, who also didn't stop the ball and passed it straight over the top to Juan Mata on the touchline.

Juan Mata received the ball and sent in a through ball that broke through the Everton defence.

Marcus Rashford got the ball behind the defence, but it was too far away, it was already close to the bottom line, and he could only choose to cross with his feet, but it was cleared off the line by Everton full-back Baines, and United won a corner.

Because Everton's defenders have been harassing Rashford with small gestures, which makes him very angry. This time, when Blind went to take a corner, Rashford was secretly stabbed a few times by the opposing defender, and his emotions almost lost control.

Fortunately, Rashford was still in his right mind, and did not fight back with punches and kicks, but simply pulled out of the big penalty area.

As a result, Everton's defenders did not follow, and Rashford finally cleared up.

At this time, Blind also took a corner. Anthony Martial's header from 10 yards was blocked, but the ball fell right at the feet of Marcus Rashford, who had pulled it out.

The anger in Rashford's heart has not yet subsided, seeing the incoming ball, the non-stop ball is a violent volley, a level 4 volley and a level 3 heavy artillery volley are both triggered, and the ball roars over the heads of the players on both sides who are rapidly expanding outward, and hangs into the far corner of the goal.