LONDON
\nManchester United kept alive their faint hopes of finishing in the Premier League\u2019s top four with a 2-0 win against Everton on Saturday.
\nUnited stars Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford sealed the points with first half penalties at Old Trafford.
\nErik ten Hag\u2019s team are now eight points adrift of fourth-placed Aston Villa and three behind fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur in the race to qualify for next season\u2019s Champions League.
\nEverton sit four points above the relegation zone as their winless league run extended to 11 games.
\nBack-to-back defeats to Fulham and Manchester City had put a huge dent in United\u2019s top four ambitions.
\nWith Villa and Tottenham facing off on Sunday, they made the most of Everton\u2019s mistakes to close on their rivals.
\nAlejandro Garnacho was the difference between the sides as his quick feet twice provoked spot-kicks.
\nJames Tarkowski was the first Everton defender lured into a mistimed challenge on Garnacho after 10 minutes and Fernandes rolled home his eighth goal of the season.
\nGarnacho danced through a series of challenges in the 36th minute before he was chopped down by Ben Godfrey.
\nFernandes passed over penalty duties to Rashford and Jordan Pickford was unable to deny the forward, who fired home his fifth goal in nine league games.
\nSaluting Garnacho\u2019s impact, Ten Hag said: \u201cI love to work with Garnacho and many other players in the squad but he is a player who likes a challenge. Brave, confident and our job is to push him to high level but he is doing this. He has high potential.\u201d
\nThird-bottom Luton Town rescued a priceless 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace thanks to Cauley Woodrow\u2019s last-gasp leveller.
\nOliver Glasner\u2019s side struck in the 11th minute when Luton\u2019s Alfie Doughty played a poor back-pass and Daniel Munoz teed up Jean-Philippe Mateta to flick home.
\nBut Woodrow levelled from Andros Townsend\u2019s cross six minutes into stoppage-time to leave Luton three points from safety.
\nBottom of the table Sheffield United blew a two-goal lead as Bournemouth hit back to rescue a 2-2 draw at the Vitality Stadium.
\nBournemouth\u2019s Dominic Solanke missed a 14th minute penalty awarded for a foul by Tom Davies, the striker slipping in his run-up and ballooning the spot-kick over the bar.
\nGustavo Hamer put United ahead in the 28th minute with a close-range finish after Jayden Bogle\u2019s shot was parried.
\nJack Robinson bagged the Blades\u2019 second in the 64th minute, netting from close-range after Bournemouth keeper Neto punched the ball against Solanke.
\nBut Dango Ouattara got one back with a header from a 74th minute corner and Bournemouth equalised in stoppage-time when Enes Unal stabbed home to claim his first goal for the club.
\nWolverhampton Wanderers improved their prospects of qualifying for Europe next season with a 2-1 win against Fulham at Molineux.
\nRayan Ait Nouri lashed into the roof of the net from Toti\u2019s cut-back into the area in the 52nd minute.
\nNelson Semedo\u2019s long-range shot took a hefty deflection off Tom Cairney for a 67th minute own goal and Alex Iwobi\u2019s stoppage-time effort was no consolation for Fulham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LONDON Manchester United kept alive their faint hopes of finishing in the Premier League\u2019s top four with a 2-0 win against Everton on Saturday. United stars Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford sealed the points with first half penalties at Old Trafford. Erik ten Hag\u2019s team are now eight points adrift of fourth-placed Aston Villa and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-392855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n