Everton fightback stuns Rooney-less Man Utd

Everton had the majority of the possession but did not do enough to really hurt the visitors, who were intent on absorbing the pressure and trying to break on the counter attack via Ryan Giggs and Berbatov.

United were leading 3-1 and seemed to be cruising to victory with only three minutes of injury time remaining, but the home side then pulled off a superb transformation with goals from Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta stealing a point.

"Football can do that to you," Ferguson said. "In a game of a completely comfortable position we've thrown it away - simple as that.

Everton's Australian international Tim Cahill, whose header had begun the fightback, said the Toffees had deserved a point. "To be honest, it's quite unreal but I think if we look at the chances we gave away and the chances we missed it's probably a fair result in the end." MORE