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Everton host Manchester United in an intriguing Premier League clash as the visitors look to continue their unbeaten run and move clear of Chelsea and Liverpool into fourth place.

Michael Carrick has been an inspired choice for interim boss, overseeing four straight wins and a draw in his five matches so far. The draw came at West Ham almost two weeks ago as Benjamin Sesko struck in ‘Fergie-time’ to earn United a point.

With Everton sitting ninth in the table, Moyes prepares to face his old team with the knowledge that a win will leave his team just five points off the top four. The Toffees had been on a five game unbeaten run in the league before they slipped to a 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth in their last outing.

The reverse fixture between these teams at Old Trafford was certainly dramatic as Everton’s Idrissa Geuye was sent off for fighting his own team-mate but Moyes led his side to victory against his former employers.

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Michael Carrick has said that he is proud of the culture at Manchester United and said he believes they stand for equality and diversity as he addressed Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s controversial comments that the United Kingdom was “colonised by immigrants”.

Head coach Carrick stressed that he always remembers his duties to United’s global fanbase as he struck a very different tone to co-owner Ratcliffe.

United had issued a statement which did not mention Ratcliffe specifically but said they prided themselves on being an “inclusive and welcoming club”.

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The last time Everton played Manchester United in the Premier League

One of the games of the season? Idrissa Geuye was sent off for fighting Michael Keane, becoming the first Premier League player to be sent off for fighting a teammate since 2008, but Everton went on to claim a stunning victory after playing for more than 80 minutes with 10 men as David Moyes and his players held on to the advantage secured by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s first-half strike.

It left Everton boss Moyes delighted, who claimed his first ever win at Old Trafford as an away manager, praising the spirit of his players and claiming: “I like my players fighting each other.”

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