Everton ensured a miserable return to Goodison Park for former manager, David Moyes, by overwhelming Manchester United in a 2-0 win to keep pace with Arsenal in the race for Champions League qualification on Sunday.
First-half goals by Leighton Baines from the penalty spot and Kevin Mirallas kept Everton one point behind fourth-placed Arsenal with three games left, and guaranteed United won’t be playing in Europe’s top competition next season.
Languishing in seventh position, six points behind sixth-placed Tottenham, United may not even qualify for the Europa League, an indication of the deposed champions’ decline since winning the Premier League last year by 11 points.
The frustrations of Rooney, United’s captain for the day against his boyhood club, were highlighted by a reckless challenge on Everton’s James McCarthy that was fortunate to escape a booking.
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