MANCHESTER UNITED crashed to a disastrous opening-game defeat — as £22million new-boy Robin van Persie sat on the bench.
Boss Alex Ferguson was left scratching his head as Marouane Fellaini’s
57th-minute bullet header gave Everton a deserved victory.
RVP came on with just 22 minutes left — but Fergie was fuming at the service
his Dutch superstar received.
Van Persie suffers on his debut
The United boss moaned: “We played around him too much. We didn’t show enough
penetration and, with Robin in your side, you know you want to use his
ability against the centre-backs. But we didn’t use him enough.”
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Ferguson, suffering his first opening-game defeat in eight years, was also upset that referee Andre marriner favoured the Goodison side.
Marouane Fellaini gets up to head the ball past United keeper David De Gea
Ferguson, suffering his first opening-game defeat in eight years, was also upset that referee Andre marriner favoured the Goodison side.
He blasted: “I thought Danny Welbeck maybe was pushed as he went in the box.
That was a big moment.
“It’s difficult here, you have the crowd influencing the referee all the time
and it makes it difficult for you.
“Fellaini is a handful. He is a big, tall, gangly lad and they just lumped the
ball forward to him — that’s all they did. We were the better football team.”
Everton defender Phil Jagielka said: “Marouane is so hard to mark. In training
we just pull his hair but you can’t do that in a proper game.
“I dare not say what the season holds for us but we have made a great start
for once.”
Toffees boss David Moyes said: “Fellaini was excellent, we know he is capable
of that. He’s a talented footballer.
“United were without a lot of central defenders and he caused them problems.
“We weren’t making headlines before this — they were all about Manchester
United.
“But you must not forget Everton are not a bad side, either.
“When we got the goal we were put under pressure and we had to keep making
sure we weren’t getting done.
“All the defenders did a great job job to make sure we did not concede a goal.
“It was a great result for us and great for the crowd."
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