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Man Utd cannot ignore more dropped points despite positives
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Image caption: Manchester United conceded an injury-time equaliser to draw 2-2 at Everton.
By Simon Stone, Manchester United reporter at the Hill Dickinson Stadium
Published 34 minutes ago
There are positives for Manchester United to take from their 2-2 draw at Everton.
Striker Benjamin Sesko scored his first goal of a season—the start to which has been delayed by a shin injury. Kobbie Mainoo has impressed overall and shows no sign of being affected by an unhappy World Cup experience. The same can be said mentally of goalkeeper Senne Lammens. Marcus Rashford has returned with a sense of purpose.
But you cannot ignore the negatives. After a pre-season that should have seen them start strongly, Michael Carrick's side has dropped five points from their first three Premier League games, conceding twice in each match. Their opponents are two promoted teams and Everton, whose fans are distraught following a botched deadline day.
Now United must prepare for their Champions League return against Sabah FK of Azerbaijan—another potential banana skin—followed by a game against Manchester City.
It's the kind of week they wanted last year, but pressure is already mounting.
Positives and negatives for Carrick
"It's not that bad, you know," was Carrick's assessment of his side's start. "We were that close to coming away with three points today. That's football. There were little moments we can deal with a bit better, but we'll be fine."
Carrick received support from old friend Wayne Rooney, who analyzed the Everton game for BBC Sport:
"I thought it was good away performance," he said. "Obviously, I'd be disappointed with the result, but I thought there was a lot more control in the performance. The midfield three were really good. They were two great strikes from Everton which got them two goals, but I think there was encouragement from United's point of view. They'll be very frustrated they haven't won the game, given the performance."
Rooney was right about that. "It feels like a defeat," said Carrick. "All the work that went into putting us in that position at different stages to then come away like that. We're disappointed, bitterly disappointed. We can't ignore the fact we have taken a point, but it feels that we should have had a lot more."
Carrick could have played the 'one of those things' card about the result at Hill Dickinson stadium, as United controlled long periods and led twice. The first equaliser came from a brutal strike by Tyrique George, and the second was a blistering last-gasp effort from Ainsley Maitland-Niles, introduced for his debut as a halftime substitute.