A goal in added time, on the last play of the game, by Dominic Calvert Lewin prevented Everton’s defeat at Old Trafford and Manchester United’s hunt for City in the Premier League lead (3-3).
The Colombian celebrates his goal. EFE
The both of the English striker relieved Carlo Ancelotti’s team, once again with Europe within reach, and frustrated the locals, who had in hand the triumph on the 63rd anniversary of the plane crash in Munich that ended the lives of eight soccer players from the Manchester United.
A tribute on the Old Trafford lawn, empty in its stands, with a banner commemorating the victims of that dramatic event that Manchester does not want to forget every year, was part of the preamble to the twenty-third day.
United’s great first half heralded a comfortable win against Carlo Ancelotti’s side. Nothing of that.
Uruguayan Edinson Cavani put the hosts ahead in the 24th minute when he headed a pass from Marcus Rashford into the net. It was the seventh as much as ‘red’ of Uruguayan.
And just before the break, he extended his lead with a great goal from Portuguese Bruno Fernandes, who controlled a superb pass from Aaron Wan Bissaka and signed a perfect finish.
Everything changed in the opening minutes of the second half when Abdoulaye Doucouré took advantage of a rebound inside the area, shot low and passed David de Gea to close the gap.
The tie was put three minutes later, at minute 52, by Colombian James Rodríguez after receiving a ball from Doucouré.
But with the final twenty, the game full of alternatives seemed to lean on the local side. A free kick taken by Luke Shaw and culminated by Scott McTominay with a header brought Manchester United closer to the victory, which they missed in the last action of the game, when Calvert Lewin beat De Gea after receiving a ball from Michael Keane.