Former Everton star Lukaku ruins Rooney’s United return
Manchester, UK - Romelu Lukaku showed little room for sentiment on Sunday scoring one and creating another as Manchester United ran out ultimately comfortable 4-0 winner over his former club Everton to ruin Wayne Rooney's Old Trafford return.
Right-back Antonio Valencia gave United an early lead with a spectacular half-volley before late goals from midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan - set up by Lukaku just before he got on the scoresheet himself - and an Anthony Martial penalty sealed the win.
With United's rival Manchester City having clinched a dominant 6-0 victory over Watford 24 hours earlier there was an expectation from United fans for Jose Mourinho's side to keep pace with the English Premier League (EPL) leader.
It is now only behind City in the table by virtue of C coming before U in the alphabet as they have identical records - Everton by contrast are in a crisis as it lost for the fourth successive match without scoring and are in the bottom three.
Earlier on Sunday, Chelsea defender David Luiz was sent off for an ugly foul on Sead Kolasinac as Arsenal finally emerged unscathed from a trip to Chelsea with a 0-0 draw against the champion.
The Brazilian saw red in the closing minutes at Stamford Bridge and he could have no complaints about his dismissal after lunging into a crude two-footed challenge on Arsenal defender Kolasinac.
It was the third sending-off for a Chelsea player in their last three meetings with Arsenal.
Victor Moses got his marching orders in last season's FA Cup final, while Pedro was dismissed in the Community Shield.
The David Luiz flashpoint - Chelsea's fourth red card this
season - was the most memorable moment of a hard-fought London derby that was high on perspiration but low on inspiration.