Man United beat Everton with Ronaldo's 700th goal

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 700th club goal of his career as Manchester United came from behind to beat Everton 2-1 at Goodison Park on Sunday. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner was left on the bench again by Erik ten Hag but was handed an early introduction by injury to Anthony Martial.

At this stage it was already 1-1 as Antony canceled out Alex Iwobi's opener for Everton.

Ronaldo seized his chance just before half-time to give United three earned runs in a game rife with errors for both sides.

The win takes Ten Hag's men to fifth place and within nine points of leaders Arsenal with one game less.

The Red Devils were looking for an answer after being beaten 6-3 by Manchester City last weekend, but got off to the worst start possible.

In his first Premier League start since joining for £60m ($67m) from Real Madrid, Casemiro was guilty of the opening goal as it was stolen in possession by Amadou Onana and the ball went eventually burst for Iwobi to fold into the top corner from outside the box.

Everton entered the game with the best defensive record in the league, but were quickly defeated as United equalized within 10 minutes.

Antony became the first United player to score in their first three Premier League games with a superb finish thanks to Martial's assist.

Martial lasted just 30 minutes after stopping with a hip injury in warm-up and his departure paved the way for Ronaldo to make his entrance.

The 37-year-old has had to get used to life on the sidelines under Ten Hag.

However, Ronaldo reminded his Dutch coach of the predatory instincts he retains.

Casemiro repaired his earlier mistake by winning possession in midfield and playing past his former Real Madrid team-mate to shoot low under Jordan Pickford.

The strike took Ronaldo's tally in two spells with United to 144.

Madrid's goalscoring record reached 450 for the Spanish giants, while he netted 101 times for Juventus and five for Sporting Lisbon.

Ronaldo should have had a second just before the hour mark as he nodded after another teasing delivery from Casemiro.

Everton were on a seven-game unbeaten streak but made little effort to equalize until a late aerial assault and were lucky to avoid conceding a third goal 10 minutes from time. the end.

Marcus Rashford pounced on an error by Iwobi to round Pickford and slot into an empty net, but the United striker was penalized for the handball by a VAR review.