Cristiano Ronaldo's 700th goal powers Manchester United to win at Everton

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Bengaluru, October 10: Cristiano Ronaldo came off the bench to earn Manchester United a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Everton in the Premier League on Sunday (October9) taking his career goal tally to 700 in the process.

Just as United did last weekend in their derby mauling at the hands of local rivals Manchester City, they again found themselves behind early on at Goodison Park after Alex Iwobi curled a sublime strike into the net from 20M.

The visitors, however, responded much better this time around and soon levelled things up as big-money signing Antony slotted home, the Brazilian becoming the first United player to score in his first three Premier League appearances.

Everton never really looked like finding a late equaliser as United held on for a victory that moved them up to fifth on 15 points, nine adrift of leaders Arsenal, who had earlier beat Liverpool 3-2.

Meanwhile Everton's first loss in seven league matches leaves them 12th on 10 points.

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Substitute Ronaldo then entered the fray unexpectedly early after Anthony Martial picked up a back injury and took only 14 minutes to score his first Premier League goal of the season, his 144th for United across two spells.

United striker Marcus Rashford thought he had made doubly sure of a fifth win in six league games for the visitors late on but his effort was ruled out after a VAR review for handball against the England forward.

Arsenal back on top

Earlier, Bukayo Saka added a brace to Gabriel Martinelli's early strike as Arsenal overcame Liverpool in a topsy-turvy Premier League affair in north London to stay on to of the table.

Arteta's side were usurped at the summit by Manchester City on Saturday (October 8), but an eighth win in nine top-flight games this season helped them reclaim top spot.

Hammers beat Fulham

Earlier, West Ham recovered from conceding Andreas Pereira's early strike to make it back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time since January, having beaten Wolves last time out. Jarrod Bowen pulled the Hammers level from the penalty spot, before Gianluca Scamacca put them ahead with a cool lofted finish over Bernd Leno.

Michail Antonio added a late third to move level with Carlton Cole as the top scorer for West Ham in London derbies in the Premier League (14).

Palace edge Leeds

Meanwhile, Eberechi Eze's fine strike helped Crystal Palace earn their first Premier League win since August (3-1 v Aston Villa), another game in which they conceded first.

In this one, Pascal Struijk put Leeds ahead, but Odsonne Edouard soon got the Eagles back on level terms. Palace have now won as many Premier League home games when conceding first this season as they did across the 2019-20 and 2021-22 campaigns (two).

(With Agency inputs)