Everton vs Manchester United player ratings: Paul Pogba sublime and Jesse Lingard continues his scoring streak
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Your support makes all the difference.Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard's fine second-half strikes delivered a first win in five for Manchester United as they lifted the gloom of their festive period by beating Everton 2-0.
Jose Mourinho's men had signed off 2017 by exiting the Carabao Cup to Championship side Bristol City prior to three successive draws, yet a stirring second-half performance at Goodison Park on New Year's Day meant they got back on track.
Following a dull first 45, Martial, playing up front in the absence of injured duo Romelu Lukaku and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, curled home a 57th-minute opener before Lingard smashed in his seventh goal in nine games nine minutes from time.
It was Wayne Rooney, United's all-time record scorer, who lost the ball in the build-up to Martial's strike and the 32-year-old endured an evening to forget having been booked and taken off as the hosts lost control of the contest in the second period.
Neither side could lay claim to dominance in the fragmented early stages, with both guilty of ponderous build-ups that missed end products.
But United were always in control and fully deserved their win.
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