Sunday Football Review

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Leighton Baines' late penalty caught Manchester United cold as Everton secured a morale-boosting draw from a match punctuated by controversy.

The summer appointments of Ronald Koeman and Jose Mourinho brought an injection of excitement to these clubs, yet both approached Sunday's clash needing to kick-start their Premier League campaign.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's first-half lobbed effort looked set to have given United the victory, only for Marouane Fellaini's calamitous challenge to gift former club Everton a penalty that Baines slotted home to secure a 1-1 draw.

It was a third straight draw in the league for Mourinho's men, leaving them 13 points off the lead and nine points off a top-four berth.

Everton may have only won once in nine league matches but there was an air of relief around Goodison Park at the final whistle.

Marcos Rojo had somehow avoided an early red card for a two-footed lunge and Ibrahimovic put United ahead before the break, with his lob going in via the crossbar and post.

The veteran Swede may face retrospective action should he be deemed to have purposely caught Seamus Coleman's head with his boot, but the main concern for Mourinho right now is another winless match.

David de Gea's late heroics were undone by substitute Fellaini taking down Idrissa Gana Gueye, with Baines slotting home the leveller.

It was solid end to a match that started poorly for the Toffees, with the first half punctured by groans from the Goodison Park faithful as their side struggled to muster a single shot on target.

United were not much better but Paul Pogba flashed an early strike over, before Anthony Martial, unaware the offside flag had been raised, forced Maarten Stekelenburg into a near-post stop.

Refereeing was the main talking point of a drab opening period as Gareth Barry somehow avoided a booking for a challenge on Ibrahimovic.

It was the 16th-minute decision to give Rojo a yellow card that was most perplexing, though. The Argentina defender started solidly, only to fly into a two-footed challenge on Gueye - a challenge that should have led to Michael Oliver dishing out a straight red card.

It was a reprieve for United, as was a Yannick Bolasie cross which evaded Kevin Mirallas at the far post, and one the visitors looked unable to build on before the break.

Barry's belated booking looked to be the only thing for United fans to cheer until their side stepped things up before the break.

Ramiro Funes Mori, in for Phil Jagielka, got back brilliantly to thwart Henrikh Mkhitaryan, but Everton's backline would be unlocked in the 42nd minute.

Martial hit a hopeful long ball from deep and Ibrahimovic kept his cool as Stekelenburg darted off his line, lobbing the ball from the edge of the box. The effort bounced onto the crossbar and post, before backspin took it over the line before Mori could hack clear.

A smattering of boos greeted the half-time whistle after another poor Everton display.

Koeman's men certainly looked sharper and Mirallas forced a fine reaction save from De Gea after bursting into the box past Rojo.

Ibrahimovic saw a volley blocked having angered Everton players for a tussle with Coleman, catching the full-back's head with his boot after tangling on the deck.

Whether it was intentional or not is up for debate, but Barry let the striker know his feelings.

The hosts' anger was nearly compounded in the 60th minute as Mkhitaryan saw an effort blocked, before the ball was played out wide to Michael Carrick. The midfielder's cross to the back post was chested by Ander Herrera and struck onto the post.

Koeman grimaced as Bolasie and Coleman were forced off in quick succession - but the Toffees rallied manfully in the closing stages.

A swerving Gueye strike stung the palms of De Gea, whose agility was put to the test when denying a Mason Holgate header.

A point-blank stop from substitute Enner Valencia followed as United looked set to hold out, only for Fellaini to cost his side victory.

Bringing down Gueye in the box allowed Baines the chance from the spot, which the left-back rifled home.

The home side pushed for a winner but had to make do with a hard-fought draw.

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Chelsea loanee Nathan Ake's stoppage-time goal secured Bournemouth their first-ever win over Liverpool as Jurgen Klopp's side capitulated to lose ground on the Blues in the Premier League title race.

Seemingly coasting to a win which would have taken them to within a point of leaders Chelsea, the Reds came undone as Bournemouth substitute Ryan Fraser led the comeback charge as the hosts sealed a memorable 4-3 victory from 3-1 down.

Goals from Sadio Mane and Divock Origi had Liverpool ahead at the break and the points still seemed to be heading back to Anfield when Emre Can's strike restored their two-goal advantage following Callum Wilson's penalty.

But Fraser, who had come off the bench to win the spot-kick, then buried his maiden Premier League goal before crossing for Steve Cook to superbly equalise, with Ake bundling home a last-gasp winner as Loris Karius failed to hold another Cook effort.

Liverpool were straight on the front foot and Origi should have opened the scoring with 10 minutes on the clock but the forward failed to make meaningful contact with Nathaniel Clyne's low cross.

The opening goal came shortly afterwards as Can lofted a perfectly-weighted pass to Mane who got the wrong side of Ake before poking past the onrushing Artur Boruc.

The Poland goalkeeper was back in the Cherries side having missed the previous two games through injury, but he was at fault as Origi doubled Liverpool"s lead less than three minutes later.

Mane robbed Harry Arter of possession and passed to Jordan Henderson, whose raking ball set Origi away and the Belgian took the ball past Boruc as he sprinted from his line, finishing well from a tight angle.

There were a flurry of yellow cards at the start of the second half, with Henderson booked for a foul on Junior Stanislas which forced the midfielder off.

His replacement, Fraser, was immediately involved as he was brought down in the box by James Milner, with Wilson tucking away his second penalty in as many games.

Liverpool turned up the heat and soon re-established their two-goal dominance as Mane broke into the box with ease and squared for Can to finish superbly.

Karius just managed to turn a stinging Fraser drive behind before the goal decision system spared the blushes of his counterpart Boruc.

Milner did well to win a corner and swung it in himself with Boruc catching and almost carrying the ball over his line, with the goal-line technology showing it was centimetres from giving Liverpool an unassailable lead.

Instead, Eddie Howe's men turned the screw and it was Fraser who gobbled up the chance to thrash the hosts back into the contest as he latched onto a loose ball in the box.

They were not finished there as Cook controlled and finished off a Fraser cross with aplomb to leave Klopp fuming on the touchline.

Another Bournemouth substitute, Benik Afobe, came close to completing a remarkable comeback but his effort was kept out by a sprawling Karius.

But a famous win would be secured in the final embers as Cook's low drive from the edge of the box was spilled by Karius into the path of Ake, who bundled home.