[EPL] Everton 3-1 Man Utd

[ecly_watchaa]

om Moyes pasti bangga bgt tuh,..2 pemain baru yg doi
masukan semua memberi kontribusi ajib berupa gol...

overall,..permainan UNITED jauh dibawah form....

[drivemein]

Everton 3 Manchester United 1: Dan Gosling and Jack Rodwell come off the bench to halt Reds' title charge
-dailymail.co.uk-

After flattening Chelsea with a sucker punch on their last league outing, Everton completed a spectacular one-two to leave Manchester United's title challenge on the ropes.

Just as they did against Carlo Ancelotti's men 10 days ago, David Moyes' team roared back from a goal down to register another famous win, which could have even greater consequences at the top given United are the ones playing catch-up.

This time, young substitutes Dan Gosling and Jack Rodwell did the damage, Gosling bundling home Steven Pienaar's cross 15 minutes from time before Rodwell sent the home fans into ecstasy at the end.


Blue heaven: Dan Gosling fired in from close range

For Wayne Rooney, Everton's first victory over United - excluding penalty shoot-outs - for five years, and only their second in 32 games, would have been particularly galling given his history, although for once, England's talisman failed to make much of an impact.

Unlike Rooney, the debate over Dimitar Berbatov's value to United continues to rage.

At £30.75million, the Bulgarian cost them more than any other player.

Yet he has largely become a peripheral figure, to the extent that he was making his first away start since December when he strutted into proceedings.

The argument goes that Berbatov's languid style is not suited to United's all-action approach and with Ferguson preferring to use Wayne Rooney as a lone front-man, flanked by a couple of industrious wingers, the former Tottenham star frequently finds himself surplus to requirements, as he was in Milan this week.

Yet there is little doubt either that Berbatov is blessed with sublime skill.


Letting fly: Everton's Diniyar Bilyaletdinov levels for the hosts

And when Sylvain Distin failed to cut out Antonio Valencia's low cross, he killed the ball with one touch before smashing it into the roof of Tim Howard's net.

Given the dominance United had enjoyed until that point, Everton desperately needed to score next.

That they did so inside two minutes was probably beyond David Moyes' wildest dreams.

The goal had route one stamped all over it as Phil Neville launched the ball out of his own half.

Jonny Evans jumped with Louis Saha but, off balance, could only head the ball straight to Diniyar Bilyaletdinov.

There appeared to be no imminent danger to Edwin van der Sar's goal, but, spotting a gap low to the Dutchman's left, Bilyaletdinov let fly with such power, there was no chance to move before it flashed into the net.

The atmosphere instantly lurched from apprehensive to expectant.

As Rooney, possibly guilty of trying too hard against his old club, was having a rare off-day, the visitors' dominance of possession failed to translate into threats on the Everton goal.


Flying start: Manchester United hail Dimitar Berbatov's opener

Instead, United were the ones who found themselves rocking, just as Chelsea had
done once their lead disappeared.

Bilyaletdinov drove over following an excellent piece of skill from Saha, then Landon Donovan wasted an even better chance after Wes Brown had prodded Leighton
Baines' cross into his path.

The interval was not kind to Everton in the sense that it allowed their visitors time to regroup and rediscover the poise and authority they had enjoyed before Bilyaletdinov's leveller.

Darren Fletcher exchanged passes with Rooney before drilling a shot wide.

Berbatov then showed his frustrating side when he glanced a header wide from Rooney's cross when he should have at least kept his effort on target.

It proved to be the Bulgarian's last meaningful contribution before Ferguson reverted to the two winger approach and introduced Gabriel Obertan with a quarter of the contest still remaining.


Hard fought: Everton's Landon Donovan is tackled by Duncan Fletcher and Gary Neville

Moyes made the most telling substitution shortly afterwards, when he replaced
Bilyaletdinov with Gosling.

Ferguson will be demanding to know why Valencia let Steven Pienaar run unchecked onto Donovan's short pass towards the byline.

It provided the South African with time to pick out Gosling's run and, getting in front of Patrice Evra, the youngster duly bundled home from six yards.

Hearts continued to be in mouths and fingernails shorn as Rooney's free-kick shaved the post.

But this was to be Everton's day.

It has been claimed Rodwell will one day follow Rooney out of the blue half of Merseyside to Old Trafford.

Once Ferguson has spat out the bitter taste of his side's sixth defeat of the season, even he will probably admire the clinical way he finished off Mikel Arteta's through-ball at the death.

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Everton 3 United 1: Player ratings
-manchestereveningnews.co.uk-



Van der Sar: Some wasteful distribution but not a lot he could have done about the goals 6

G Neville: It was only late on that the threat of Donovan got to him 6

Brown: With Saha largely in Evans territory it left him picking up pieces at times 6

Evans: Saha gave him a torrid time. Struggled to handle his power 5

Evra: The usually sprightly left back looked decidedly heavy-legged and way off form 5

Valencia: Cross for Berbatov opener was the best of the Ecuadorian but marking for Everton second was worst 6

Fletcher: After his San Siro effort even his engine looked low on fuel and was never really in it 5

Carrick: Didn’t create anything for the Reds and unable to stop Everton 5

Park: The subdued Korean never gave Everton any seriously worrying moments 5

Berbatov: Superbly taken goal promised much from the Bulgarian but delicate touches came to nothing 6

Rooney: Disappointingly his devastating form came to abrupt halt at his old club 5

Subs:

Scholes (sub Berbatov 65) Unable to provide spark 5

Obertan (sub Park 65) Couple of runs came to little 5

Owen (sub Valencia 81) No time to make impact 5
Vidic, Rafael, Gibson, Foster not used

Everton: Howard, Heitinga, Distin, Baines, P Neville, Arteta, Pienaar (Rodwell 88), Osman, Bilyaletdinov (Gosling 70), Donovan, Saha

Goals:
Everton: Bilyaletdinov (19) Gosling (76) Rodwell (90)
United: Berbatov (16)

Bookings:
Everton: Arteta (65) Pienaar (73) Saha (80) Rodwell (90)
United: Fletcher (47)

Battle of the Bosses:
Fergie made changes from Milan but United still looked out of sorts. Moyes’ subs did the business for him

Referee: Howard Webb - Well controlled 7

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Ferguson admits Man Utd second best in Everton defeat
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Manchester United's title hopes took a dive as they crashed 3-1 to Everton at Goodison Park.

United took an early lead through Dimitar Berbatov, but the Toffees quickly levelled through a superb Diniyar Bilyaletdinov effort.

Then, with the game seemingly heading for a draw two Everton youngsters took centre stage.

Both 20-year-old Dan Gosling and 18-year-old Rodwell came off the bench in the second half to hand United their sixth league loss of the season with goals in the 76th and 90th minutes respectively.

United boss Sir Alex Ferguson conceded his side were second best, particualrly in the second half.

"We were well beaten, simple as that," assessed Ferguson.

"We started the game well enough, but their goal galvanised them and gave them the incentive.

"You don't want to lose a goal so quickly after going in front, but the real effect showed in the second half when we were second best.

"I'm disappointed and the players are disappointed. They're human beings, they play for Manchester United, and they don't like losing, but they've lost today.

"This is a bad result, and at this time of the year we can't afford results like that.

"We hope others drop points, and that's the way it's been going this season. Hopefully it turns out right again."

[GL zone]

ga tw apa yg salah dari pertandingan barusan

yg jelas td everton lebih baik dari united

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Ferguson: "Setan Merah" Kalah dengan Baik

LIVERPOOL, KOMPAS.com - Pelatih Manchester United, Alex Ferguson, mengaku kecewa melihat pasukannya menyerah 1-3 kepada Everton, di panggung Premier League, Sabtu (20/2/2010). Namun, menurutnya, hasil itu cukup adil mengingat Everton memang bermain lebih efektif.

MU sebetulnya unggu lebih dulu melalui Dimitar Berbatov, di menit ke-16. Namun, Everton mampu menyamakan kedudukan melalui Diniyar Bilyaletdinov di menit ke-19. Everton kemudian meninggalkan "Setan Merah" semakin jauh berkat gol Dan Glosing (76) dan Jack Rodwell (90).

Menurut Ferguson, secara umum, MU bermain stabil sepanjang laga. Namun, gol Bilyaletdinov membuat performa Everton melonjak drastis dan MU gagal beradaptasi dengan perubahan itu.

"Sederhana saja, kami kalah dengan baik. Kami mengawali laga dengan cukup baik. Namun, gol (Bilyaletdinov) membangkitkan mereka dan memberika mereka insentif. Setelah sempat memimpin, Anda tak suka melihat musuh membalasnya begitu cepat. Namun, dampak sesungguhnya (dari gol Bilyaletdinov) terlihat di babak kedua, di mana (mereka lebih baik)," papar Ferguson.

"Saya dan para pemain kecewa. Mereka manusia. Mereka bermain untuk Manchester United dan mereka tak suka kalah. Namun, mereka kalah hari ini. Ini hasil yang buruk dan musim ini, kami tak bisa menoleransi hasil seperti ini," tambahnya.

Kekalahan itu membuat MU tertahan di posisi kedua dengan 57 poin, atau kalah satu angka dari Chelsea dan unggul lima angka dari Arsenal di tempat ketiga. Mengingat kedua tim itu bermain setelah MU, mereka berpotensi mengancam ambisi juara "Setan Merah".

"Kamu berharap, tim lain kehilangan poin dan itulah (yang kerap terjadi) musim ini. Mudah-mudahan keadaan kembali ke arah yang benar," tambahnya. (SUN)

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Entah apa yg terjadi dgn MU
apa karena faktor over confidence/kelelahan abis UCL kemarin??
Titik lemah MU terletak di posisi bek especially Gary Neville yg udah habis stamina nya di babak ke dua & duet bek tengah Brown-Evans yg bermain labil
seperti nya bakal ada hairdryer treatment abis pertandingan ini

[ridho_htrk]

gw lebih melihat MU seperti keletihan. Hanya berjarak 3 hari dari pertandingan UCL dan menempuh jarak yg cukup jauh dari Milan ditambah bermain sore hari cukup menyulitkan buat MU. Praktis semua pemain yg turun di Milan sebagian besar turun lagi tadi.

Di lain tempat Chelsea dan Arsenal mengancam MU dengan kemenangan mereka. Chelsea memperlebar jarak menjadi 4 poin sedangkan Arsenal mempertipis jarak dengan MU menjadi 2 poin. Next Week MU yg diuntungkan karena tdk ada lagi match UCL sedangkan kali ini Chelsea yg gantian ke Milan menghadapi Inter ditambah match weekend menghadapi Manchester City, mereka bakal gantian kesulitan rasanya.

Sederhana, kalah dan United akan back to track next week.. gw yakin itu!!

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Fergie: Kelelahan, MU Kalah Segalanya
Doni Wahyudi - detiksport



Liverpool - Usai meraih kemenangan gemilang di Liga Champions, Manchester United bertekuk lutut saat melawat ke Everton. Sir Alex Ferguson mengakui kalau timnya memang kalah bagus, yang disebabkan kelelahan.

Empat hari lalu MU mengukir sejarah saat memetik kemenangan pertama di kandang AC Milan. Dua gol Wayne Rooney dan satu lainnya dari Paul Scholes memberi The Red Devils keunggulan 3-2.

Namun cerita manis tersebut tak berlanjut di Premier League pekan ke-27. Melawat ke Everton, Edwin van Der Sar dkk pulang dengan tangan hampa karena menelan kekalahan telak dengan skor 1-3.

"Kami dikalahkan, sesederhana itu. Mungkin kami kehilangan sesuatu di Milan, yang jelas kelelahan sangat terlihat di tim. Tapi kami mengejar gelar juara dan kami berharap Manchester United bisa merespon pentingnya pertandingan," ungkap Fergie usai pertandingan.

MU sesungguhnya tetap tampil baik di paruh pertama, mereka bahkan lebih dulu unggul melalui Dimitar Berbatov. Namun saat memasuki paruh kedua fisik punggawa 'Setan Merah' terlihat makin kedodoran, yang membuat dua kali gawang Van der Sar bobol.

"Efek sesungguhnya terasa di babak kedua, kami kalah segalanya. Kami memulai pertandingan dengan cukup baik, tapi Anda tak mau kemasukan secepat itu setelah memimpin, dan gol Everton membangkitkan semangat. Di babak kedua mereka lebih baik, sederhana saja," pungkasnya di situs resmi klub.

[cr7lover]

hmmm kelelahan yaa....kalo gitu I take it chelsea bakal kalah weekend depan since they will be playing UCL next week