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Man United ease past Everton in FA Cup

Published:Saturday | January 7, 2023 | 1:13 AM
Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford (centre) celebrates after scoring a penalty against Everton during the English FA Cup match at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, yesterday.
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Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford (centre) celebrates after scoring a penalty against Everton during the English FA Cup match at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, yesterday.

MANCHESTER, England (AP):

Marcus Rashford scored his fifth goal in as many games after creating two others to help Manchester United beat Everton 3-1 and reach the fourth round of the FA Cup yesterday.

Rashford set up Antony’s early opener and saw a second-half cross turned into his own net by Conor Coady, scorer of Everton’s equaliser.

Then, in stoppage time, Rashford kept his scoring run going by sending Jordan Pickford the wrong way from the penalty spot after Ben Godfrey fouled Alejandro Garnacho.

United were hardly ruthless, grateful to see a potential Dominic Calvert-Lewin equaliser ruled out for a tight offside call. But United did enough to make it seven straight wins in all competitions for the first time since 2019 when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was in caretaker charge.

For Everton, there was consolation in a better performance after losing to Brighton 4-1 midweek left them 18th in the Premier League, the pressure firmly on manager Frank Lampard.

Erik ten Hag named a strong side for his first taste of the FA Cup, but notably selected Luke Shaw at centre back while Lisandro Martinez – without a start since Argentina’s World Cup group game against Mexico on November 26 – joined Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof on the bench.

After the horror show of Tuesday night, Lampard reverted to the 3-5-2 system used to frustrate Manchester City last weekend.

The 9,000 travelling Everton fans arrived in Manchester still fuming over the latest capitulation, the first chant of “Sack the board” coming 15 minutes before kickoff. Their mood did not improve much.

The third round of the FA Cup continues today with Liverpool, Tottenham and Newcastle in action. Liverpool, the defending champions, are at home to Wolverhampton in an all-Premier League matchup that marks the last of the 22 games across the day. Tottenham host Portsmouth while Newcastle also play third-tier opponents, Sheffield Wednesday. There are two more all-Premier League matches: Brentford versus West Ham and Crystal Palace versus Southampton.