With Manchester United travelling to Goodison Park this weekend to face Everton, in clash that many people believe will be extremely close, people will be casting their minds back to the last time these two sides faced each other.
United were outclassed by a dominant Everton side last time they met
As the race for top four heated up a win over Everton would have seen Manchester United go 10 points clear of rivals Liverpool. However, United were well beaten in a poor display from the Manchester based side.
A surging run by James McCarthy following a quick and clinically executed counter-attack saw him dart past two United defenders to slot the ball past a diving De Gea. John Stones added a second before half-time with a thunderous header, beating Antonio Valencia to the ball with far too much ease, to put the hosts up 2-0.
The game was finished with 16 minutes left when Mirallas was able to beat the offside trap, albeit controversially, to put the game to bed at 3-0 much to the fury of goalkeeper David De Gea who made sure that the United defence knew about his anger.
All in all, it was a poor performance by the Manchester side, who eventually went on to secure fourth place in the Premier League and Champions League football.
This year Everton will look to hurt a wounded United
With Manchester United sitting pretty in second place before the game against Arsenal, it looked like this year things were going right for Louis van Gaal.
Aafter an embarrassing 3-0 defeat to Arsenal with the Red Devils being blown away, conceding all three goals in the opening twenty minutes. Everton will be looking to force another bad performance onto Louis van Gaal’s side in a similar fashion to how Arsenal did and hit them directly and with pace.
Everton come into the match on the back of a 1-1 draw with local rivals Liverpool at home.
