FA Cup: Frank Lampard's Everton fall short again as Manchester United march on
In a strong lineup for his first FA Cup appearance, Erik ten Hag chose Luke Shaw at centre-back, leaving Lisandro Martinez on the bench with Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof.
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Frank Lampard left speechless.Conor Coady scored for Everton after David de Gea made a humiliating error, but Manchester United won 3-1 in the FA Cup fourth round.
Prior to Coady, who scored Everton's equaliser, turning a cross into his own goal in the second half, Marcus Rashford assisted Antony in scoring the early goal.
Then, in stoppage time, after Ben Godfrey fouled Alejandro Garnacho, Rashford continued his fine run of form by scoring from the penalty spot.
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For the first time since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer served as interim manager in 2019, United achieved seven straight victories in all competitions despite not being particularly brutal and being thankful to have a potential Dominic Calvert-Lewin equaliser disallowed for a tenuous offside ruling.
With the pressure mounting on Frank Lampard following Tuesday's 4-1 loss to Brighton, Everton found solace in an improved performance. They are 18th in the Premier League and in a relegation dogfight.
After the disaster of Tuesday night, Lampard switched back to the 3-5-2 formation that he had employed to frustrate Manchester City the previous weekend, and Neal Maupay took the place of Calvert-Lewin in the attack.
The 9,000 Everton supporters who travelled to Manchester were still incensed over their most recent defeat; the first cries of "sack the board" could be heard 15 minutes before the game began. Their mood did not improve when United took the lead after just four minutes due to appalling defending.
When Rashford and Anthony Martial teamed up brilliantly, the England player was able to roll in a low cross from the left, but Antony almost went unnoticed as he dashed in to poke in at the far post.