Antonio Valencia screamer sets up Manchester United win over Everton

By the end, Wayne Rooney could probably be forgiven for wondering what kind of adventures he might be missing with his old team. He had heard his name sung and there was a little, polite wave of appreciation to the crowd. Yet Rooney wore the look of a man whose return to Old Trafford had felt like an ordeal and when he returned to the away dressing-room it was to ruminate on a defeat that leaves Everton in the relegation zone.
The irony is that it was certainly not the must fluent display from Manchester United during these early parts of the season. Indeed, for long spells in the second half they flirted with the idea of letting their opponents back into the match. Ultimately, though, it turned into another rout, their third 4-0 win of the new campaign, during those late exchanges when Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Romelu Lukaku and the substitute Antony Martial, with a penalty, scored respectively in the 84th, 89th and 92nd minutes.
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