90+2 min: Another United cross, another chance for Falcao to look like a lost dog. Howard easily claims.

90 min: Three minutes added on for injury time. Party time at Goodison. This is their third consecutive home win against United.

89 min: It will be hugely disappointing for LVG that United haven’t had a meaningful effort on goal since Rooney’s effort in the 47th minute.

87 min: Naismith on for Barkley, Kone on for Lukaku. Both players going off receive a standing ovation.

Rooney, meanwhile comes on for Van Persie. Rooney looks to still be suffering with some kind of injury. The boos are actually quite faint as he limps off.

85 min: So nearly a magnificent goal for Mirallas! The substitute cuts in from the left, skips past Valencia, then Blind, then Smalling (!) and fires a fierce shot towards the top corner, but De Gea stretches and tips over. Great play, great save.

82 min: Stones attempts to clear, but Herrera is dogged in hassling the young defender, and he gets a block in, deflecting the ball back into Falcao’s path, who was loitering between defender and goalkeeer. Falcao rounds Howard and puts the ball into the net … but he’s rightly ruled offside.

80 min: Both Rooney and Barkley are hobbling. McNair clattered into the latter. Hard but fair.

79 min: Barkley has been at the centre of everything good for Everton today. It was his pass that set up Mirallas for the third goal, and once again, he cleverly uses his body to hold up the ball well and help Everton get out of their own half.

76 min: “Attack! Attack! Attack attack attack!” shout the United fans. They’d be better off urging their team to defend properly.

Antonio Valencia! Wake up! Barkley sends a hopeful through ball over Smalling’s head, Lukaku is well offside, but he leaves the pass well alone, and Mirallas races past Valencia, who is standing still appealing for an offside. The Belgian winger is one-on-one with De Gea and he cooly tucks his finish inside the near post. De Gea wasn’t properly set, he too was appealing for offside. It could well have been given against Lukaku, but you’ve got to play to the whistle. Words that are countlessly repeated at Sunday league matches across the land.

70 min: For once, Everton play a high line, and Falcao runs in behind. The lofted pass is too lofted for him to control though, and he can only send a looping header towards goal. Howard back-pedals and calmly catches the ball.

68 min: Everton make their first change: Mirallas on for Osman.

67 min: United are fast reverting to a Moyesian tactic: when opponents sit deep, cross. Di Maria is the latest to do so, curling a centre to the back post. Young arrives and nods back toward the penalty spot, but nobody is there to finish the chance!

65 min: Shaw slips deep in his own half, and Osman latches onto the ball. He waits for Coleman to overlap, and the full-back smashes a low cross to the near post. Smalling does very well to turn that behind without diverting it into his own net, and McNair heads away the subsequent corner, under heavy pressure from Jagielka.

63 min: Shaw is booked for a cynical tug on Lennon, with the Everton man racing away to set up another counter-attack after a neat trick.

United make their second sub: Di Maria is on for Mata. They need something to happen.

62 min: Young barges past Lennon on his way to the byline and is about to cross… no! Marriner pulls Young back for fouling Lennon! Ooo that’s very generous, but another chance for Everton to clear their lines.

60 min: It’s official. Everton have parked the proverbial bus. Squeezed for space, Falcao has looked poor since he came on at half-time, playing with his back to goal.

58 min: Both United full-backs are getting forward well, but that does leave a fair amount of space in behind, and you’d fancy Lukaku in a foot race with McNair or Smalling should Everton be able to release him into those channels. Shaw is the latest to advance up the left, but he clatters into Stones. Free-kick to Everton.

56 min: Lukaku collects a throw in from Baines, turns his man and throws a nifty stepover to fly past Smalling. He’s forced to the byline and flashes a low hard cross across the face of the goal, but Lennon is not able to connect with it at the back post for a tap-in!

53 min: Everton have reverted to their first-half tactics, sitting deep, winning the ball back and counter-attacking quickly. It’s working too, Barkley turns nicely, and pings a sharp pass to Lukaku, whose poor first touch let him down. Had he got that out of this feet, he would have been completely in the clear.

49 min: Barkley is the furthest forward of Everton’s attackers, and for a moment it looks like he has a clear run on goal, but Shaw is quick enough to cover across, and makes a strong slide tackle on Barkely. Shaw had to get that right, if he had missed the ball, he would surely have seen red as he was the last man. Both players go down in a heap, Barkley clutching his ankle, Shaw his head. Replays show that Barkley hand gave the left-back quite the thump as both players went to ground.

47 min: Chance for Rooney! Smalling wins the first ball from a United corner, nodding down to the far post. Rooney controls well, swivels and shoots, but Howard had quickly come off his line and blocked the shot. That’s excellent goalkeeping.

Peeeep! And we’re off again. Falcao has come on for Fellaini. It’s unclear if that is a tactical switch – Fellaini was booked remember – or if the Belgian has picked up a knock. Rooney has dropped into Fellaini’s position, with Falcao now leading the line for Manchester United.

Half-time entertainment

Indeed, as Krishnan Patel points out, Manchester United’s dressing room is awash with funky house bangers.

Young told MUTV this week: “I’ve been told by the manager I can only play funky house or house. Seriously, he’s liking the playlist.”

And if you think he’s joking… here’s LVG throwing some shapes at Amsterdam Gay Pride parade a couple of years back. Funky!

45 min: One minute added on here.

44 min: Lennon, who is probably offside, latches onto a flick on and bursts down the right. He cuts back to Barkley on the edge of the area, and the England man shoots first time, but it curls way over the bar.

43 min: The fluency has gone out of the game: something Roberto Martinez won’t mind one bit. Van Gaal has sent Falcao out to do a bit of warming up on the sidelines.

41 min: Another corner to Everton, but this time Baines’s delivery is far too deep, with Osman unable to retrieve it.

39 min: Barkley is looking a real threat today, dropping deep and finding space and linking with Lukaku well. Meanwhile Rooney looks like he’s getting sunburnt.

Simple goal: Baines swings in a corner to the near post, Stones rises highest and glances the ball under the bar, with Young unable to keep the ball out. Everton have been second best for large parts of this first half, but they are 2-0 up!

33 min: Barry does well to outmuscle Mata but Everton are forced back with the ball. It looks as though they are putting themselves under pressure, with Howard having to control a risky backpass from Baines but they play out very nicely indeed, Lennon reversing a pass to Coleman on the right. Lukaku is all alone in the middle, but Coleman is slow in crossing, and Smalling gets back to intercept, sending the ball behind for a corner. Better from Everton.

31 min: After a raucous opening start, it’s all gone a bit quiet, both in terms of match action and in terms of volume inside the stadium.

29 min: Everton are sitting increasingly deeper, which means that United are dominating possession inside their opponents’ half. United are unable to get in behind Everton but they take another shot from range: Young curling one well over the bar.

27 min: Lukaku tries a long-ranger, but De Gea saves easily. “According to my sources,” emails Corin Metcalfe, “Ashley Young is the dressing room DJ, but van Gaal only lets him play funky house music, whatever that is.”

24 min: Finally Lukaku is able to hold up the ball, and Everton get themselves up the pitch. Osman already looks absolutely knackered.

22 min: It’s all United. Herrera breaks into the box from the left and has a chance to shoot, but he cuts back onto his favoured right and the chance goes. Everton can’t get out their half though, first Baines and then Barry are wasteful as they try to play out from the back.

20 min: Mata swings in a dangerous inswinging free-kick from the right, and Smalling steals half a yard off his marker to glance a header goalwards, but it’s straight at Howard who gathers it cleanly with Rooney loitering for a rebound.

18 min: The high sun is blazing down on Merseyside and there are a few in Everton’s defence that are struggling to see it properly. It’s blustery too, with the wind swirling round the stadium. Not exactly the conditions you want when you’re trying to win a header against Fellaini.

16 min: Fellaini and Shaw exchange passes, the former finding a pocket of space just inside Everton’s box. He cuts it back to Rooney, who finds Blind on the edge… saved by Howard. It was a poor shot with his weaker right foot.

14 min: McNair again bring the ball out of defence and runs into midfield. There are still some reservations over his ability to defend, but he’s a fine footballer in general, very composed on the ball. Showed some nice touches last week against Chelsea, too.

12 min: And Fellaini is booked, clipping Barkley a tad late. It’s probably not worth a yellow on its own, but that’s what you get for committing two fouls in under 40 seconds. The Everton fans love it, obviously.

11 min: Fellaini is lucky to escape a yellow card for a wild swipe on Coleman from behind. Just a cautionary word from Andre Marriner.

10 min: Everton are looking very dangerous on the counter-attack, Barkley is the latest to break from deep and releases Lennon down the right. The on-loan Tottenham winger is eventually crowded out, but Van Gaal will be concerned.

9 min: Despite being behind, United are looking very tidy in possession, particularly down their right-hand side, where the pace of Valencia is troubling Osman time and time again.

7 min: Big miss from Fellaini! Ohhhh he holds his fro in his hands. He capitalised on a slip from Barry and was one-on-one with Howard, but Fellaini leant back and skied his shot over the bar. Howard was already going to ground, Fellaini only had to hit the target. It’s been a very open start

United committed way too many men forward for a corner, and they were caught cold at the back. Stones won his header and the back post, and Everton broke in numbers, McCarthy releasing Coleman down the right. He crossed, which was half-cleared only to McCarthy on the edge of the area. The Irishman jinked between two weak challenges from McNair and Blind and squeezed the ball under the onrushing De Gea. What a start!

3 min: McNair comes out of defence with the ball, and is allowed to travel well into Everton’s half. A slip from Coleman almost let’s Shaw in, but the right-back is well covered by McCarthy. The atmosphere is absolutely rocking at Goodison.

1 min: Fellaini gets a pot-shot off from the edge of the area, well blocked by Jagielka. The big Belgian is indeed playing just off Rooney, who is playing as a central striker.

Peeeep! And we’re off!

Both teams line up to honour Sir Philip Carter and the victims of the Bradford City fire disaster with a minute’s silence. There are a few idiots in the crowd to call out, who are roundly and rightly booed at the end of the observance.

The teams are out: both are bang in form. Everton have won four and drawn one in their last five games, whilst Manchester United have won six of the last seven in the league. Let’s do this!

So Wazza likes the Beatles, De Gea gets down with Slipknot…

… and Leighton Baines is mad on Morrissey, who he met last year at the World Cup.

Do any of you know what might be playing in the pre-match headphones of those involved today? I’d love to know what Fellaini listens to. Imagine him moshing at a Slipknot concert. Magic.

Answers please to michael.butler@theguardian.com or @michaelbutler18

It’s times like these that one can justify spending five minutes searching through Wayne Rooney’s Twitter feed.

Louis van Gaal makes one change then, as Daley Blind returns to the side in place of Radamel Falcao, who drops to the bench alongside Angry Di Maria, Bored Victor Valdes and Keen Van Persie, who is still yet to make a first-team appearance since 21 February. Manchester United’s front two? Wayne Rooney and Marouane Fellaini. I’m sure they’ll be given a lovely reception by the home fans.

Everton’s joint-biggest ever win over Manchester United, save for the 6-0 drubbing in their first ever meeting in 1892, came during Carter’s era; their 5-0 victory at Goodison Park in October 1984 helping them along to their first league title in 15 years. Scott Murray has written this Joy of Six on Everton v Manchester United clashes, which is well worth a read.

Everton 5-0 Manchester United (Division One, October 1984)

Liverpool had won the three previous championships, and were reigning European champions to boot, but their main man Graeme Souness had buggered off to Sampdoria, leaving Ron Atkinson’s Manchester United as many folk’s pre-season favourites for the title. A couple of months in, that looked a fair shout; Liverpool had stalled from the get-go and were flailing around in 17th place after 11 matches, while United were stalking early leaders Arsenal in third, having conceded only nine goals. Hopes of that elusive first title since 1967 were high.

Nobody was talking much about Everton, despite Howard Kendall’s team having won the previous season’s FA Cup and then the Charity Shield, new signing Paul Bracewell slotting into the midfield effortlessly and the team hovering over United’s shoulder in fourth. But the chat started quicksmart once United had visited Goodison. “Perhaps the Championship will stay on Merseyside after all,” was the slightly startled opening line in the Observer’s report, upon Evertoncrushing United 5-0. “United were not so much beaten as destroyed, their credibility in tatters as their hugely expensive collection of talents came off second best in every area of the field.” Bracewell, Peter Reid and Trevor Steven were comparatively unsung compared to Bryan Robson, Gordon Strachan, Remi Moses and Jesper Olsen, but they were first to everything here.

Kevin Sheedy bravely put Everton ahead on five minutes with a diving header that caused him to clash heads with Kevin Moran. The United defender was still dazed when Sheedy ran through for the second. Steven set up Adrian Heath for the third on 33 minutes, United’s proud defensive record in tatters. Gary Stevens and Graeme Sharp added a couple more late on to complete a rout. United’s midfield, noted the Guardian’s Patrick Barclay, “played butter to Everton’s knives … so can Everton win the championship? On this form, unquestionably.” Barclay was big enough to remind his readers that he had tipped United two weeks previously, but he called it right this time, and early enough to deserve credit for the heads up (Arsenal and Spurs were also big presences in a crowded field). Everton were suddenly serious contenders, and went on to romp the title by 13 points from … Liverpool, whose cold start cost them any chance of a fourth title in a row. United ended the season a point back in fourth, promise unfulfilled, a common story in the league during the Big Ron era.