Ahead of tonight’s game with Manchester United, Everton was the proud owner of the best defense in the Premier League. Last year they were one of the worse teams, but so far they have conceded only 7 goals. But that soon changed at Goodison Park when Manchester United came back from behind to score two goals for the final 2-1 win. The not so interesting match will however be remembered forever as Cristiano Ronaldo came in as a substitute and scored his 700th goal in club football.Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored 700 goals in club football, more than anyone else in the history of football & 9 goals more than the next highest goal-scorer (Lionel Messi). Historic achievement. 🏆 pic.twitter.com/saF2FNT0SO— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) October 9, 2022 The Portuguese was introduced in the first half after an injury to Anthony Martial and scored his 144th goal for Manchester (in both mandates). The Portuguese has 9 more goals than Lionel Messi in the second place. Apart from Manchester United, he also scored 5 for Sporting, 450 for Real Madrid and 101 for Juventus. He is also the record holder in international football with 117 goals in 191 international games since making his Portugal debut in 2003.Just like in Arsenal – Liverpool derby earlier today, the first goal of the game came quite early. Casemiro, who finally got his first start in the Premier League lost the ball and Onana quickly passed it to Gray, who found Iwobi. The Nigerian wasted no time and released a thunderbolt from 20 meters for the lead. But unfortunately for the Toffies, that was just about everything they did for the rest of the half. The Red Devils dominated possession and Everton just couldn’t get the ball to create any chance at all. The equalizer was something that everyone expected and it arrived through Antony. The Brazilian, called ‘one-trick pony’ by Manchester’s great Paul Scholes was quick to pick up Martial’s pass and score his third goal for United in as many matches.Unfortunately for Martial, he got injured in the 29th minute and Ten Hag introduced Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese didn’t waste time and scored his 700th goal in club football and his 144th for United for the total turnaround. Everton finally woke up in the second half but only in terms of possession. Otherwise, both treams failed to register a shot on target for 35 minutes before Rashford scored the third goal, and his first in 14 games against Everton, which was quickly disallowed due to handball. The real drama happened in injury time, when De Gea saved a certain equalizer from former United’s player Gardner, but the result remained the same and moved Manchester to the fifth spot and close to the Champions League qualification.PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 10SaturdayBournemouth – Leicester 2-1 (0-1)/Billing 68, Christie 71 – Daka 10/Chelsea – Wolves 3-0 (1-0)/Havertz 45+3, Pulisic 54, Broja 90/Manchester City – Southampton 4-0 (2-0)/Cancelo 20, Foden 32, Mahrez 49, Haaland 65/Newcastle United – Brentford 5-1 (2-0)/Guimaraes 21, 56, Murphy 28, Almiron 82, Pinnock 90 og – Toney 54 og/Brighton – Tottenham 0-1 (0-1)/Kane 22/SundayCrystal Palace – Leeds 2-1 (1-1)/Edouard 24, Eze 76 – Struijk 10 /West Ham – Fulham 3-1 (1-1)/Bowen 29 pen, Scamacca 62, Antonio 90+1 – Pereira 5/Arsenal – Liverpool 3-2 (2-1)/Martinelli 1, Saka 45+2, 76 – Nunez 34 Firmino 53/Everton – Man.Utd. 1-2 (1-2)/Iwobi 5 – Antony 15, Ronaldo 44/Monday22.00: (3.40) Notth. Forest (3.35) Aston Villa (2.35)***odds are subject to change
