Iwobi Impresses Defensively In Everton's 3-1 Defeat To Ighalo-less Manchester United

Published: November 07, 2020

Manchester United returned to winning ways following two successive defeats by coming from behind to defeat Everton 3-1 at Goodison Park on Saturday afternoon, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.

As for team news, former Nigeria international Odion Ighalo was not in the squad for a Premier League game for the fifth time in the new season, while Alex Iwobi entered the game as a substitute to replace Gylfi Sigurdsson in the 66th minute.

The Shanghai Shenhua loanee has not featured for the Red Devils since their 3-0 win at Brighton in the Carabao Cup, raising speculation about his long-term future with his loan deal set to expire in January 2021.

A horrible week ended on a high for Manchester United despite trailing through a tidy finish from Bernard in the 19th minute but two goals from Bruno Fernandes in the 25th and 32nd minute had them in front by the break.

Iwobi did well defensively when he came on, on a couple of occasions he tracked back and recovered the ball.

But disappointingly for the Nigeria international all his hard work came to nothing as Uruguay marksman Edinson Cavani, off the bench as a substitute in the 82nd minute, made absolutely sure the points returned to Manchester with his first goal in United's colours right at the death.

In the provisional standings, Ole Gunnar Solskjær's team climbed to 13th in the table and the Toffees are fifth with 13 points from their first eight games.

Igho Kingsley

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