A late Zlatan Ibrahimovic penalty helped Manchester United secure a point against Everton following their 1-1 draw at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Tuesday.

United enjoyed a lot of the ball early stages but struggled to create clear-cut chances against a resolute Toffees defence.

However, it was Everton who broke the deadlock in the 21st minute as Phil Jagielka found the back of the net with a clever finish from six-yards out.

The Red Devils went close to levelling matters in the 30th minute but Joel Robles produced a fine save to push Daley Blind’s free-kick onto the crossbar.

The home pushed for an equaliser but were unable to carve out any chances, as they went into the break trailing.

Pogba was introduced at the start of the second half and nearly drew United level in the 55th minute, but his header crashed against the crossbar.

Mourinho opted for a double change after 64 minutes as Luke Shaw and Henrikh Mkhitaryan replaced Ashley Young and Michael Carrick.

United had the ball in the back of the net in the 70th minute, but Ibrahimovic’s effort was ruled out for offside.

Marcos Rojo squandered another good chance after 76 minutes as the Argentine defender headed over the crossbar from six-yards out.

However, United were awarded a penalty in the final minute of stoppage time when Ashely Williams handled in the box. The Everton defender was also shown a straight red.

Ibrahimovic stepped up and made no mistake from the penalty spot to earn the Red Devils a point and kept their slim top-four hopes alive.

Meanwhile, Leicester City secured a comfortable 2-0 victory over Sunderland at the King Power Stadium through goals by Islam Slimani and Jamie Vardy to collect all three points.

While Watford walked away with all three points when they beat West Bromwich Albion 2-0 at the Vicarage Road Stadium courtesy of goals by M’Baye Niang and Troy Deeney.

Burnley secured a narrow 1-0 victory over Stoke City at Turf Moor when George Boyd scored a 58th-minute goal to hand his side the win and all three points.

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