Erik ten Hag and Alejandro Garnacho celebrate 'goal of the season' contender after Man Utd winger stuns Everton

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag and Alejandro Garnacho both agreed the winger’s strike against Everton is “probably the goal of the season."

The Argentine winger opened the scoring at Goodison Park with an outstanding overhead kick after just three minutes.

That spurred United onto a 3-0 victory which took them back into sixth spot after falling behind because of Saturday’s fixtures.

The victory is United’s fourth league win in five matches, but while Ten Hag was impressed by the goal, he had wanted more from his team at half-time.

He told Sky Sports: "Probably goal of the season. Also the build-up, not just the finish, was very good. The finish is fantastic.

"After the start of the game we were too easy-going. I criticised the team at half-time. They thought they were already there. You can't do that. You have to do 100 minutes on the pitch. Second half we did very well.

"Our three offensive players scored. That's what we need. It will help us as a team."

Bruno Fernandes was also picked out for the gesture of allowing Marcus Rashford to take over penalty duties to end his goal drought.

The manager said that the England forward needed the goal, "A lot. You see also how great captain Bruno is. He assessed his team-mate needed that goal.

“He has the confidence in Rashy, who is a good penalty taker. As a team you need that leadership that you back each other.

"We have to go step by step. This is one step."

Garnacho was revelling in his strike, and said: "I cannot believe it. To be honest I just turned around and thought 'Oh my god'. One of the best I have scored - I am happy."

Asked if it was the best goal of the season so far, he added: "Probably! It is still November, but yes."

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