Opponents already know Romelu Lukaku is hard to stop

Lukaku added his name on to the score sheet after popping up at the back post to smash the ball into the net for his fifth league goal this season.

The Goodison Park outfit, admittedly, fielded a weaker first-team XI for the trip, but it is believed Koeman will revert back to a full-strength Everton starting XI for the trip to Old Trafford, having suffered consecutive defeats.

“I think the performance was very good, especially in the first 30-35 minute, it was probably our best performance of the season”, Mourinho told Sky Sports.

Rooney returns to Old Trafford where he scored plenty of goals for United but how will he be received now that he comes as an opponent. “(But) he’s an Everton player, he’s one of the players who needs to react and to bring the level that we expect from players like Wayne”.

The Toffees went into the game having lost 3-0 to Tottenham Hotspur and Atalanta in the same week, whilst before the worldwide break, they were beaten 2-0 at Chelsea, meaning Koeman desperately needed a result.

“When you look at the fixtures at the start of the season, we knew we wouldn’t win them all”, said Koeman.

Just as he did for Everton, the Belgium worldwide has been clinical in front of goal and he will need to be once again if he is to find a way pass Jordan Pickford.

“He has pulled me into the office a few times, given me advice and tips”. But when you get that one time where everything is flawless, you get something like this.

“It can be just talking or on a video screen or tactics board”.

“Sometimes in football you get more than you deserve but today we deserved more than we got”, he said.

Put simply, Everton is too easy to defend against. It is as simple as that. But I don’t see why you have to be either a good defender or good on the ball.

“After this press conference I will have a meeting with most of the players and the key players”.

“It’s the nature of English fans, it’s the nature of big clubs when the player is big in the club and is an important part of the club history”, he said of the ovation Rooney received.