Man United somehow lose 0-1 to 10-man Everton — even after Everton had a player sent off for fighting with his own teammate.

Analysis by Hikaru Sakamoto

Premier League MD12: United somehow lose 0–1 at home to a 10-man Everton — even after Everton had a player sent off for literally slapping his own teammate.

Everton actually started the brighter side, but chaos hit early. After a sloppy pass led to a big chance for Bruno Fernandes, Idrissa Gueye completely lost it, got into a shouting match with Michael Keane, and straight-up slapped him in the face. The ref had no choice but to send Gueye off, leaving Everton down to 10 men just 13 minutes in.

You’d think United would take control from there… but nope.

In the 29th minute, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall picked up a sharp pass from James Garner, drove forward, cut inside, and smashed a beauty into the top corner. Lammers had no chance.

United threw on Mount, Dalot, and Mainoo in the second half and fired off 25 shots in total, but Jordan Pickford refused to be beaten. Despite the overwhelming numerical advantage, United couldn’t find the net and slumped to their first loss in six matches.

Everton, meanwhile, somehow walk away with back-to-back wins — even after a self-inflicted red card — and are now level on points with United.

Score
Manchester United 0–1 Everton

Scorers
0–1 29’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Everton)

The Bigger Picture

From my perspective, this match should have been impossible to lose.

An opponent reduced to ten men not by tactical sacrifice, but by an act of sheer internal chaos. Eighty minutes to play with a numerical advantage. A home crowd waiting for inevitability to kick in. On paper, this was not a football problem. It was a formality.

And yet, Manchester United still found a way to lose.

What makes this defeat linger is not just the absurdity of the red card, but how little it mattered. A moment that should have flipped the entire rhythm of the match barely registered. The game did not swing. It did not open up. It simply continued, unchanged, as if nothing unusual had happened at all.

That is where the unease sets in.

This was not a freak result created by chaos. It was chaos absorbed without resistance. United had time, space, and every structural advantage, yet the performance drifted along familiar lines — possession without threat, pressure without clarity, movement without consequence. The extraordinary circumstances only served to expose how ordinary the response was.

Looking at fan reactions, the tone tells its own story. The disbelief is there, but it quickly turns into humor. The humor slides into irony. And irony settles into something closer to acceptance. When even a match this strange fails to shock, it says less about the incident itself and more about what supporters have come to expect.

This game was ridiculous. It should have been unforgettable for all the wrong reasons. Instead, it felt unsettlingly normal.

And that may be the most alarming part of all.

Fan Reactions

• United always bless us Asians returning from holidays with elite comedy.
• Full-time. Yep… that was bad. Zero creativity, zero ideas in the final third.
• Man of the match? Jordan Pickford. Not just loud — genuinely clutch.
• Losing to a team that had a teammate slap his own player for a red card is insane.
• Eighty minutes against ten men… and we created nothing. Pain.
• Everton defended like their lives depended on it. No space anywhere.
• Back to Amorim-ball: sterile crosses and no structure.
• Honestly, at 11v11 we probably would’ve been destroyed. Højlund and Bruno were awful.
• Win today and we go fifth… and this is what we serve up.
• Moyes masterclass. Again.
• Looks like a top-half scrap. Champions League? Europa? Forget it.
• United still can’t occupy pockets or break a block. Even teams in Japan do this now.
• Zirkzee isn’t a Premier League No.9. Just promote someone from the academy.
• Losing at home, with a man advantage, to a team that imploded on its own? Comedy club.
• Sticking with a back five against ten men is wild.
• A team that slapped each other into a red card just beat us. Embarrassing.
• Moyes getting his first away win at Old Trafford… of course.
• Amorim has hit his ceiling. Can’t even use Bruno in his best role.
• AFCON is coming. Feels like last year’s collapse all over again.
• Everton basically went down to ten to kill United’s counter threat. Genius?
• Pickford was unreal, but the rest were terrible. Zirkzee and Mazraoui especially.
• Back in the bottom half, level with Spurs. Feels like home.
• Old Trafford had never lost after the opponent saw red… until today.
• We needed them down to nine. Ten wasn’t enough.
• Without a world-class striker, this attack creates nothing.
• Gueye ruined the game plan — for both sides.
• If the opponent sits deep, United fall apart. Even with ten men.
• If you’re going to spam crosses, Casemiro should’ve stayed on.
• Thought performances were improving… guess not.
• A year passed, no release clause. Time to think about Ole or Carrick?
• Even with Cunha or Šeško, nothing changes. Midfield is the real issue.
• Nothing has changed. At all.
• Switching to cross-ball football after 20 minutes without Maguire makes no sense.
• Funny how important Maguire suddenly looks.
• Beating ten-man teams was supposed to be Amorim’s specialty.
• As comedy, the match was perfect.
• “The hard fixtures are over, United will rise.” Yeah… about that.
• Zirkzee lacking rhythm? He barely scores even when he plays.
• If Embuémo and Cunha get fit, we’ll win again — but the manager is still poor.
• United literally forced Everton into a red card through friendly fire. Innovation.
• At least the entertainment value was top-tier.
• Usually a team survives a red card after going 1–0 up. Everton got the red first.
• I’ll rewatch this match when I need to cry.
• Fans hype Amorim, then drop him — just like the team. No consistency.
• Midtable life feels peaceful now. No pressure.
• How do I explain this match?
  Everton player hits teammate → red card
  Eighty minutes against ten men
  United still lose.
• And that’s my cue to log off.

What Lingers After the Final Whistle

What lingered from this night was not tactical debate or arguments over team selection.
It was a sense of emotional flattening.

Among supporters, disappointment no longer erupts. It settles. Quietly.
Humor has become a way to endure the moment. Repetition dulls the edge, and even records being broken feel less dramatic than symbolic.

From the fans’ perspective, this match did not create new fears.
It merely traced the outlines of old ones.

David Moyes.
Louis van Gaal.
José Mourinho.
Ole Gunnar Solskjær.
Erik ten Hag.
Ruben Amorim.

Since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United have entrusted the club to six different managers.
And yet, the wandering of the Red Devils shows little sign of coming to an end.

When, then, will the glory of the Ferguson era finally return?

Source:
sky sports
https://news.sky.com/story/everton-player-sent-off-after-clashing-with-his-own-teammate-13475066?utm_source=chatgpt.com