The result means Neil Ryan's Reds relinquished an unbeaten home start to the Premier League Under-18 North campaign but the excellent fighting spirit will have impressed the members of our first-team squad, who watched the latter stages after training ahead of Sunday's game at West Ham.
Charlie Wellens and captain Charlie McCann, from the penalty spot, both scored equalisers in the first half but unfortunately United couldn't find another goal to salvage a point after Everton went ahead for a third time.
United’s youngsters entered this game focused on erasing the memory of the previous weekend’s outing, when we were on the wrong end of a 5-1 scoreline at Derby.