Alan Irvine
Former Everton winger on BBC Radio 5 live

"It's a fantastic start for Everton. It's the first time they have been able to get into the final third. It's a great counter attack, a lovely bit of play by James McCarthy and a good finish."

It has been a breathless opening. Manchester United building well as they press for an immediate reply, Everton looking dangerous on the counter though with United open to the sucker punch.

Marouane Fellaini barges an Everton defender off the ball and has a clear sight of goal from 20 yards. Either side of Tim Howard he is scoring the equaliser, but he hammers high over the top to jeers from the home fans.

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The classic counter-attack as Everton sweep from one and to the other and they didn't encounter much resistance to be honest.

Antonio Valencia loses out on a header after Gareth Barry cleared Juan Mata's delivery into the Everton box and it is suddenly three on three.

James McCarthy barges between half-hearted challenges from Paddy McNair and Daley Blind and pokes under David De Gea.

Phil Johnson: Rooney back up front, where he should be. United to win 2-1.

Andy Donley: Stones is a cultured, classy young defender, but I'm looking forward to seeing how he deals with Fellaini's strength

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There has been some chat in midweek from Luke Shaw saying that he hopes to build on his solid performance in the defeat to Chelsea after a slow start to life at United.

The teenager is seeing plenty of the ball early on, getting advanced down the left and engaging Aaron Lennon.

Marouane Fellaini gets a little glimpse of goal as the Everton defence stands off him 25 yards out.

The big Belgian has a pop, but his effort thunders into a blue shirt and deflects away to safety for the hosts.

Romelu Lukaku taps the ball to Ross Barkley and we are up and running.

Former Everton managers Jim Royle and Howard Kendall are in crowd today.

They and the rest of Goodison are upstanding for a minute's silence in memory of former chairman Sir Philip Carter.

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Cheers Richard.

The teams are in the tunnel and Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney greets Everton counterpart Phil Jagielka warmly at the front of the line.

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What sort of reception would he get?

Right, that's more than enough from me. I'll hand you over to Mike Henson for Everton v Manchester United.

A teaser for you, then. Everton striker Romelu Lukaku scored a hat-trick against Manchester United for West Brom in Sir Alex Ferguson's final game in charge two years ago.

He is one of only four men to score a treble against United in the Premier League. Who are the other three? No cheating...

Danny Aylett: The fact that Silva is ignored over Coutinho is incredible! Look at the stats, Silva has been better in every department

Jamie Glennie: Fonte for Cahill, Clyne for Ivanovic, anyone for Coutinho

Rachit Modi: Coutinho? Are they mad? Fabregas definitely far better. Deserved to be there in his place

Ian Marks: Football's love affair with Chelsea is a joke. Fonte/Clyne should be in there in front of a poor Cahill and an average Ivanovic

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Everton boss Roberto Martinez speaking to Sky Sports: "It's important we have everyone fit. It's great to have Romelu Lukaku back, challenging for his position. Leon Osman brings us a different approach - it's a tactical change. He knows how to play at Goodison, his know-how is important.

"The game is as big a test as we could get. Manchester United have slowly found a winning formula. We faced them early in the season and you can see the turnaround in fortunes, and it's good to see where we are and how we can finish the season."

As promised, here's the Women's Super League team of the year...

Remember, the Championship XI follows at 14:00 BST, and the League One (15:00 BST) and Two (16:00 BST) selections after that.

MOTD2 Extra

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Times football writer Alyson Rudd on Newcastle's struggle: "It might be on the last day of the season that John Carver keeps them up and is hailed as a hero when in fact his cv will have looked really quite atrocious up to that point."

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal speaking to Sky Sports: "Everton are a very good team - we saw that in the home match we played against them - and they create a lot of chances. At home they are stronger and they have a lot of good matches behind them coming into this match.

"I have picked the team that has won all the games the last few weeks. Wayne Rooney is better in a striker position in the team and Ander Herrera is in a better position a line further forward so that's why I have chosen them there."

Jamie Gray: Seems like if there wasn't anyone else outstanding in a position, pick a Chelsea player for the team of the year.

Jack, Bury: Decisions are absolutely ridiculous. Coutinho is laughable, just because he's the best player in a sub-par team doesn't mean he should be named as one of the best in the league, otherwise you could say that Fellaini, Tadic, Delph or even Eriksen deserve a place, ridiculous

Adam, London: If you look at the stats Coutinho is no more than average. Four goals and four assists? Chadli has 10 goals and five assists but he's not up there.

Josh Jones: Think the PFA XI is spot on, except replace Cahill with Fonte. Manager of the Year? Koeman, Monk or Pearson (if LCFC stay up)

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Everton manager Roberto Martinez talking to BBC Radio 5 live: "I still feel Romelu Lukaku is the best striker in Europe for his age. We need to remember he is only 21. He is a very complete modern striker. Aaron Lennon has been the talk of whole club. From day one he has fitted in really well and has given us an infectious work rate."

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Burnley defender on MOTD2 Extra

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On Marouane Fellaini's influence at Manchester United: "I've played a few times against Fellaini. Any balls in the air to him, he's almost unplayable. Man United are not maybe playing a way typical of Man United with Fellaini in the side, but it's getting results and it's getting the fans behind him."