Everton beats Man United 3-1 in Premier League
Associated Press, London | Sat, 02/20/2010 11:43 PM
Substitutes Dan Gosling and Jack Rodwell scored late goals Saturday as Everton came from behind to beat Manchester United 3-1 in the Premier League.
After Dimitar Berbatov had given United a 16th-minute lead, Everton equalized through Diniyar Bilyaletdinov three minutes later.
Gosling fired the home side ahead in the 76th, and Rodwell went on a weaving run to hit the third in the 90th after having only been on the field for three minutes.
The result meant that United is in danger losing ground on Chelsea, which visits Wolves later Saturday and will go four points clear with a victory.
"It's a bad result for us at this time of the year," United manager Alex Ferguson said. "We can't afford a result that we had today. We hope that others will drop points.
"We looked really tired today and we were well beaten, simple as that."
United appeared on the way to another victory to keep the pressure on Chelsea when Berbatov scored. The Bulgarian international expertly controlled a low cross from Antonio Valencia and hammered the ball into the roof of the net.
The lead didn't last long, however. United allowed Bilyaletdinov too much room and the Russia midfielder drilled the ball into the net from 20 meters with his favored left foot.
