Manchester United against Everton

Everton have battled bravely, but their hopes of a point are surely over now

Scholes hammers it low into the net and United have broken the deadlock - they lead 1-0!

Giggs gets into the area - he crosses and the ball falls to Scholes...

Beckham crosses, Everton clear, Gravesen can't keep the ball in play

Pembridge carelessly heads behind - corner. Meantime, off comes Butt and Diego Forlan enters the fray

Beckham and Scholes link - in steps Weir

Brilliant skill from the Everton youngster and a warning sign for United

It's cleared and Campbell finds Rooney on halfway - he launches into a brilliant run and sees Barthez save the eventual low shot

Silvestre crosses from the left and Carsley blocks - it's a corner and the Stretford End make some noise

Rooney has a shooting chance after neat play between him and Gravesen. It's sliced and goes wide from the edge of the area

Silvestre lofts it forward - up goes the offside flag. Last ten minutes now

He lofts it brilliantly over Wright, and sees the effort bounce to safety off the top of the crossbar

The ball is crossed into the area and headed to an unmarked Beckham by substitute Solskjaer...

...straight to Barthez. Here come United...

Carsley has space on the right and will swing in a cross...

Campbell gets to the ball ahead of Barthez in a scramble, but is unable to find a colleague with it

Scholes breaks forward and hits a great shot from distance - just wide

Rooney immediately gets away from Blanc, only to slip at the vital moment

Everton making a change - Wayne Rooney, the club's youngest-ever goalscorer - is on for Radzinski

Blanc starts a move which finds Giggs, who slices his cross and sees it float harmlessly over Wright's goal

United having a go at it at the moment...

Blanc ushers the ball back to Barthez under pressure from Radzinski. We're inside the last 20 minutes - can one of these teams find a way through?

Carsley crosses dangerously towards Radzinski, who is just crowded out

Solskjaer hits a shot from distance, and sees it blocked

But the visitors defend superbly, getting back to avert the threat

Beckham, van Nistelrooy and Solskjaer break after an Everton move fizzles out...

...the ball falls to van Nistelrooy after an Unsworth mistake, but - from well inside the area - the Dutchman blasts over the top

Yobo covers well as Giggs threatens, but the ball is soon back with United

Beckham crosses, Solskjaer connects this time - but not well enough to steer the ball on target

Great skill by van Nistelrooy gets him into the area - he looks for Solskjaer but Wright gets there first. Good move from United

Radzinski finds space and forces a save from Barthez with an angled shot

Here comes Solskjaer - Veron is the player to make way

Carsley crosses well and O'Shea gets it away - Giggs tries to get clear but is penalised for fouling Yobo

Signs that Everton's confidence is growing the longer the game continues in its current pattern

Barthex races out of his goal to get to the ball ahead of Campbell

Butt looks for Beckham - it's overhit. Solskjaer is warming up, and Sir Alex Ferguson could be poised to make a change soon

Unsworth hits a curling shot, but puts it over the crossbar

Everton have a dangerous free-kick - it's about 30 yards out...

...he lashes in a shot which goes wide of the target

It goes astray and Pembridge comes forward towards the left of the area...

Silvestre has the ball now, and looks for Giggs

Everton are defending well and United are finding it hard to pick out a telling pass in the final third

The game needs a bit of impetus at the moment - things have gone a little flat

Gravesen looks for Radzinski, running down the Everton right, but overhits his pass

Beckham crosses from the right yet again - and again Everton do their defensive jobs well once more

He hits the ball against Blanc, but the home side get away with that lapse

Now Li Tie as Everton try to come forward - O'Shea is there

A good opportunity spurned - but here's Silvestre... he crosses and Giggs heads over the top

A scramble inside the Everton area - it's hacked clear but Neville crosses and Scholes and van Nistelrooy get in each other's way

O'Shea robs Campbell well, and Gravesen fouls Beckham as he tries to get the ball back. That will be a yellow card

Then United string some good passing together - only for van Nistelrooy to be flagged offside at the end of it

Veron feeds Beckham, whose cross is dealt with by Weir

Gravesen and Pembridge come forward for them - and Veron is back to sort out the situation

Beckham whips in an early cross, and Everton head that one out of harm's way

United get the second half under way - they have possession insie their own half

That's the half-time whistle - goalless at Old Trafford so far

Then David Weir heads the ball back to his keeper - we're into stoppage time, of which there will be one minute

A few signs of impatience amongst the fans as Everton clear from a misplaced Veron through ball

The ball's given away to Gravesen, and the home fans have lost that earlier fervour

Beckham almost releases Scholes with a raking pass - he's just unable to take it on, however

Beckham wanders around on the edge of the area and then tries to chip Wright - it's not quite high enough and the keeper holds on

Barthez catches confidently and tries to free van Nistelrooy - Unsworth is there with a fine challenge

Li Tie tries a long-range effort - it hits Butt and deflects over the bar for an Everton corner

Radzinski feeds the ball back to Campbell who, in space on the edge of the area, fires wide. A good chance goes begging

Van Nistelrooy flicks, and the pressure is mounting. Everton suddenly break, though...

Gary Neville crosses - badly - and Everton thump the ball away

Ten minutes or so left until the break - can United make the breakthrough in that time?

Beckham has space on the right, and crosses too close to Wright with colleagues lurking in the six-yard area

Giggs and Beckham link on the right - David Unsworth puts the ball out for a throw

It's hit long and flicked on, but that's all a bit aimless and poses no threat to Barthez

He's impeded by Scholes on halfway and wins his side a free-kick

It's cleared and Gravesen can look to lead a breakaway now...

Beckham is fouled by Li Tie in midfield - here comes Veron

Veron tries a shot from distance and Li Tie blocks it

Beckham crosses after some lovely skill in the build-up... it's away by Weir but here they come once more

But they're still level despite United's growing assurance

Radzinski penalised for handball - Everton just can't get any time on the ball at the moment

Wright just gets there ahead of the United star

In the meantime, Campbell chases another flick forward - it's cleared and Scholes is chasing...

The home crowd turning up the volume as they try to spur their side to a breakthrough

Li Tie on the ball for Everton, but that attempted pass into the area is woefully overhit

van Nistelrooy tries to sweep a long ball wide, but gets it wrong

Suddenly United, after an uncertain start, are taking charge

Scholes glances a header after a neat Giggs cross - and it's not far wide of the post

Gary Neville takes it on, crosses - and Unsworth slides in to divert the ball behind for a corner

Neat possession by Everton - then United clear and Scholes shows superb control in midfield

Beckham's kick is blocked, and Gravesen has the ball back for Everton

Ferguson's side starting to turn up the pressure - and Unsworth fouls Beckham on the right to earn himself a yellow card

Beckham crosses, and the Everton defenders stand tall once again

Yobo does well to deny Giggs, conceding a corner after van Nistelrooy had played an astute through ball

A good chance for the Dutch star, and United's best opportunity of the game so far

van Nistelrooy suddenly finds space to run into - he cuts into the area and lashes a powerful shot wide

...but he can't get any power into the shot and it's an easy one for Wright

Can they here? Giggs feeds van Nistelrooy...

The home side are finding it hard to make any real headway against determined opponents

It takes a few attempts, but Everton eventually clear to safety

And United go straight to the other end and force a corner off Hibbert

Radzinski flicks into the area, but no colleagues can get on the end of that pass

...but not for long - Beckham breaks into the area after a Gravesen mistake but slices his shot wide of the near post

Yobo concedes a corner under pressure from van Nistelrooy - Pembridge deals with it

Campbell chases, but to no avail - that pass heads through to Barthez

Yobo clears downfield, and Radzinski - buzzing around to good effect in these early stages - wins the ball

Gravesen hammers the ball in but it's high and wide of Barthez' goal

Potential danger for United here... Gravesen's looking at it and so is Pembridge

Unsworth will cross - it's cleared but Blanc fouls Campbell on the edge of the area...

Long downfield from Wright... Blanc gets it clear but Everton have the ball once more

Back come the hosts with a spell of possession play - and Weir brings that to a halt with a well-timed interception

Carsley whips in a cross, and it's not too far away from the waiting Campbell. Bright stuff from Everton there

Then Radzinski chases, but United get that away with Silvestre and Barthez combining to clear

Here comes Gary Neville... he finds Butt, who crosses - and again Wright is there

Scholes frees Giggs, and Richard Wright plucks the cross out of the air with van Nistelrooy lurking

Pembridge plays the ball forward for Everton, and Blanc ushers it back to his keeper

The away fans on good form with their one-song repertoire

Then Beckham chases down the right, but the ball eludes him and zips away for a throw to the Toffees

...United clear through O'Shea, but that was a probing long pass forward early on by David Moyes' side

Everton get matters under way at Old Trafford - and Campbell flicks on to Radzinski...

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Campbell gets to the ball ahead of Barthez in a scramble, but is unable to find a colleague with it

Scholes breaks forward and hits a great shot from distance - just wide

Rooney immediately gets away from Blanc, only to slip at the vital moment

Everton making a change - Wayne Rooney, the club's youngest-ever goalscorer - is on for Radzinski

Blanc starts a move which finds Giggs, who slices his cross and sees it float harmlessly over Wright's goal

United having a go at it at the moment...

Blanc ushers the ball back to Barthez under pressure from Radzinski. We're inside the last 20 minutes - can one of these teams find a way through?

Carsley crosses dangerously towards Radzinski, who is just crowded out

Solskjaer hits a shot from distance, and sees it blocked

But the visitors defend superbly, getting back to avert the threat

Beckham, van Nistelrooy and Solskjaer break after an Everton move fizzles out...

...the ball falls to van Nistelrooy after an Unsworth mistake, but - from well inside the area - the Dutchman blasts over the top

Yobo covers well as Giggs threatens, but the ball is soon back with United

Beckham crosses, Solskjaer connects this time - but not well enough to steer the ball on target

Great skill by van Nistelrooy gets him into the area - he looks for Solskjaer but Wright gets there first. Good move from United

Radzinski finds space and forces a save from Barthez with an angled shot

Here comes Solskjaer - Veron is the player to make way

Carsley crosses well and O'Shea gets it away - Giggs tries to get clear but is penalised for fouling Yobo

Signs that Everton's confidence is growing the longer the game continues in its current pattern

Barthex races out of his goal to get to the ball ahead of Campbell

Butt looks for Beckham - it's overhit. Solskjaer is warming up, and Sir Alex Ferguson could be poised to make a change soon

Unsworth hits a curling shot, but puts it over the crossbar

Everton have a dangerous free-kick - it's about 30 yards out...

...he lashes in a shot which goes wide of the target

It goes astray and Pembridge comes forward towards the left of the area...

Silvestre has the ball now, and looks for Giggs

Everton are defending well and United are finding it hard to pick out a telling pass in the final third

The game needs a bit of impetus at the moment - things have gone a little flat

Gravesen looks for Radzinski, running down the Everton right, but overhits his pass

Beckham crosses from the right yet again - and again Everton do their defensive jobs well once more

He hits the ball against Blanc, but the home side get away with that lapse

Now Li Tie as Everton try to come forward - O'Shea is there

A good opportunity spurned - but here's Silvestre... he crosses and Giggs heads over the top

A scramble inside the Everton area - it's hacked clear but Neville crosses and Scholes and van Nistelrooy get in each other's way

O'Shea robs Campbell well, and Gravesen fouls Beckham as he tries to get the ball back. That will be a yellow card

Then United string some good passing together - only for van Nistelrooy to be flagged offside at the end of it

Veron feeds Beckham, whose cross is dealt with by Weir

Gravesen and Pembridge come forward for them - and Veron is back to sort out the situation

Beckham whips in an early cross, and Everton head that one out of harm's way

United get the second half under way - they have possession insie their own half

That's the half-time whistle - goalless at Old Trafford so far

Then David Weir heads the ball back to his keeper - we're into stoppage time, of which there will be one minute

A few signs of impatience amongst the fans as Everton clear from a misplaced Veron through ball

The ball's given away to Gravesen, and the home fans have lost that earlier fervour

Beckham almost releases Scholes with a raking pass - he's just unable to take it on, however

Beckham wanders around on the edge of the area and then tries to chip Wright - it's not quite high enough and the keeper holds on

Barthez catches confidently and tries to free van Nistelrooy - Unsworth is there with a fine challenge

Li Tie tries a long-range effort - it hits Butt and deflects over the bar for an Everton corner

Radzinski feeds the ball back to Campbell who, in space on the edge of the area, fires wide. A good chance goes begging

Van Nistelrooy flicks, and the pressure is mounting. Everton suddenly break, though...

Gary Neville crosses - badly - and Everton thump the ball away

Ten minutes or so left until the break - can United make the breakthrough in that time?

Beckham has space on the right, and crosses too close to Wright with colleagues lurking in the six-yard area

Giggs and Beckham link on the right - David Unsworth puts the ball out for a throw

It's hit long and flicked on, but that's all a bit aimless and poses no threat to Barthez

He's impeded by Scholes on halfway and wins his side a free-kick

It's cleared and Gravesen can look to lead a breakaway now...

Beckham is fouled by Li Tie in midfield - here comes Veron

Veron tries a shot from distance and Li Tie blocks it

Beckham crosses after some lovely skill in the build-up... it's away by Weir but here they come once more

But they're still level despite United's growing assurance

Radzinski penalised for handball - Everton just can't get any time on the ball at the moment

Wright just gets there ahead of the United star

In the meantime, Campbell chases another flick forward - it's cleared and Scholes is chasing...

The home crowd turning up the volume as they try to spur their side to a breakthrough

Li Tie on the ball for Everton, but that attempted pass into the area is woefully overhit

van Nistelrooy tries to sweep a long ball wide, but gets it wrong

Suddenly United, after an uncertain start, are taking charge

Scholes glances a header after a neat Giggs cross - and it's not far wide of the post

Gary Neville takes it on, crosses - and Unsworth slides in to divert the ball behind for a corner

Neat possession by Everton - then United clear and Scholes shows superb control in midfield

Beckham's kick is blocked, and Gravesen has the ball back for Everton

Ferguson's side starting to turn up the pressure - and Unsworth fouls Beckham on the right to earn himself a yellow card

Beckham crosses, and the Everton defenders stand tall once again

Yobo does well to deny Giggs, conceding a corner after van Nistelrooy had played an astute through ball

A good chance for the Dutch star, and United's best opportunity of the game so far

van Nistelrooy suddenly finds space to run into - he cuts into the area and lashes a powerful shot wide

...but he can't get any power into the shot and it's an easy one for Wright

Can they here? Giggs feeds van Nistelrooy...

The home side are finding it hard to make any real headway against determined opponents

It takes a few attempts, but Everton eventually clear to safety

And United go straight to the other end and force a corner off Hibbert

Radzinski flicks into the area, but no colleagues can get on the end of that pass

...but not for long - Beckham breaks into the area after a Gravesen mistake but slices his shot wide of the near post

Yobo concedes a corner under pressure from van Nistelrooy - Pembridge deals with it

Campbell chases, but to no avail - that pass heads through to Barthez

Yobo clears downfield, and Radzinski - buzzing around to good effect in these early stages - wins the ball

Gravesen hammers the ball in but it's high and wide of Barthez' goal

Potential danger for United here... Gravesen's looking at it and so is Pembridge

Unsworth will cross - it's cleared but Blanc fouls Campbell on the edge of the area...

Long downfield from Wright... Blanc gets it clear but Everton have the ball once more

Back come the hosts with a spell of possession play - and Weir brings that to a halt with a well-timed interception

Carsley whips in a cross, and it's not too far away from the waiting Campbell. Bright stuff from Everton there

Then Radzinski chases, but United get that away with Silvestre and Barthez combining to clear

Here comes Gary Neville... he finds Butt, who crosses - and again Wright is there

Scholes frees Giggs, and Richard Wright plucks the cross out of the air with van Nistelrooy lurking

Pembridge plays the ball forward for Everton, and Blanc ushers it back to his keeper

The away fans on good form with their one-song repertoire

Then Beckham chases down the right, but the ball eludes him and zips away for a throw to the Toffees

...United clear through O'Shea, but that was a probing long pass forward early on by David Moyes' side

Everton get matters under way at Old Trafford - and Campbell flicks on to Radzinski...

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