MU Tundukkan Everton 2-1 Berkat Gol `Telat` Falcao
Falcao`s Winner Against Everton on Sunday for Manchester United
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Manchester (B2B) - Satu gol Di Maria dan Falcao cukup untuk United menekuk Everton 2-1 pada pertandingan lanjutan Liga Inggris, Minggu. Sementara Everton membalas lewat Naismith.
Everton boleh percaya diri menghadapi Manchester United. Pasalnya The Toffees hanya kalah satu kali pada lima pertemuan terakhirnya dengan Manchester United.
Everton menguasai pertandingan pada menit awal dengan Lukaku mengetes pemain yang belum berpengalaman McNair di bawah tekanan. Pemain internasional Belgia itu kembali ke posisi sentral dengan Naismith di belakangnya.
Menit kesembilan Robin van Persie dihadiahi kartu kuning karena melakukan diving pada Barry, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Kemudian Di Maria menghadirkan masalah pada lini bertahan Everton dengan menyalurkan umpan ke kotak penalti, tetapi dihalau Baines.
Kerja sama apik ditunjukkan Shaw yang menemukan Di Maria, dan mantan pemain Real Madrid itu memberi umpan ke Falcao. Tetapi tendangan Falcao melebar.
Menit 27 serangan yang dibangun pasukan Setan Merah menuai hasil. Rafael mengirim umpan silang ke Mata kemudian Angel Di Maria menceploskannya menjadi gol.
Dua menit kemudian United mendapat tendangan bebas ketika Van Persie dijatuhkan Barry. Tendangan bebas Di Maria kemudian diselamatkan Howard.
Meski tertinggal, Everton tetap unggul penguasaan, tetapi mereka kesulitan menembus lini pertahanan United.
Menjelang akhir wasit menghadiahi Everton penalti. Namun, tendangan Baines dipatahkan oleh David de Gea.
Namun, 10 menit setelah babak kedua dimulai, Everton menyamakan kedudukan lewat gol Steven Naismith. Baines melakukan tendangan bebas dan sundulan Naismith membuat kedudukan seri.
Menit 62 Radamel Falcao membuat kedudukan menjadi 2-1, ketika Di Maria memberi umpan dari jarak 30 yard dan Falcao memperdaya Howard. Mantan pemain Atletico ini mencetak gol pertamanya.
Setelah gol itu, Everton beraksi dengan membuat pergantian pemain. Piennar digantikan Oviedo. Pemain internasional Kosta Rika itu mencetak gol kemenangan musim lalu, tetapi jarang bermain sejak menderita patah kaki pada Januari.
Valencia kehilangan bola di tepi kotak penalti Everton dan membuat Barry berlari megumpani Lukaku, tetapi Lukaku sudah lebih dulu terperangkap offside.
Menit akhir De Gea kembali membuat penyelamatan untuk kedua kalinya dengan menepis tendangan Osman.
Manchester - Radamel Falcao's first goal in English football continued Manchester United's recovery as they beat Everton 2-1 at Old Trafford to record their third successive home win.
Falcao had failed to score in his first three appearances following a loan move from AS Monaco but came good with the second-half goal which also gave United successive league wins for the first time under Louis van Gaal.
Everton, with only one league victory all season, missed a penalty and cancelled out Angel Di Maria's early goal through the in-form Steven Naismith but were denied any reward by Falcao and the brilliance of goalkeeper David De Gea as United edged towards the top four.
Before kick-off, ex-United midfielder and South Korean international Ji-sung Park was unveiled as a new club ambassador by Sir Alex Ferguson as the legendary former manager stepped back onto the Old Trafford pitch for the first time in a public capacity since his retirement speech in 2013.
It has been far from plain sailing since Ferguson stood down as United manager but van Gaal avoided a fate that had befallen both Ferguson and his ill-fated successor David Moyes - namely losing to Everton in their first Premier League games at home to the Merseyside club.
There had been 21 years between those losses with Everton's win here last season underlining Moyes' struggles which ushered in the arrival of van Gaal who may at last be beginning to see a team take shape.
With Wayne Rooney serving the first game of his three-match ban and vice-captain Darren Fletcher only on the bench, van Gaal made Robin van Persie captain with Juan Mata replacing Rooney in the starting line-up.
Everton were still missing both James McCarthy and Seamus Coleman to injury and having got back from a Europa League trip to Russia little more than two full days earlier not surprisingly found themselves stretched early on as United probed for an early goal.
Falcao could have ended his wait for a goal after just four minutes from a Luke Shaw cross which he met with a diving header saved by Tim Howard before van Persie clipped an effort over the bar from Di Maria's low cross. When Di Maria and Luke Shaw then again combined well down the left, Falcao dragged a shot wide.
But with 26 minutes gone United's pressure did pay off as Di Maria put them ahead. A cross from Rafael was only partially cleared by Phil Jagielka and when Mata rolled the ball to Di Maria, the Argentina international calmly curled home his third United goal from 15 yards.
Di Maria then tested Howard with a deflected long-range free-kick before Everton asked their first real question of a United defence which has struggled to convince as Romelu Lukaku got in behind teenager Patrick McNair before shooting wide.
