Manchester United 2-1 Everton: 5 Players who won the game for United

#3 Juan Mata

Juan Mata was impressive once again

The Spaniard was an integral part of the turnaround against Newcastle and has started the two previous games in the Number 10 position. However, Mata was moved to the right attacking position against Everton to accommodate Fred and still managed to impress.

As he usually does, Mata drifted all around the pitch during the game and gave the Everton defence a headache every time they tried to mark him. He started in the right, but moved into the middle regularly, he dropped deep and then popped up on the left. And Mata influenced the game by his quality and ability to read the game.

In the 19th minute, Martial’s cross found Mata unmarked, but the Spaniard's header was straight at the keeper. Mata kept on appearing at crucial positions in the first half as United ended the half with a slender lead.

In the second half, Mata sent Rashford through with a wonderful long ball, but the young striker failed to score even when he was one on one with the keeper. Three minutes later, he found Pogba with another beautiful ball and Pickford saved brilliantly from the Frenchman’s low shot. Before he was finally replaced by Herrera with 7 minutes remaining, Mata had done just enough to help United all but secure the 3 points.