Luisao's header from a Pablo Aimar corner made it 4-0, and Di Maria set up Saviola for the final goal.

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Van Nistelrooy almost set up Paul Scholes, who had been ineffective, but he was denied by a good saving tackle by Luisao.

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This also start without captain Luisao who is serving a two-month ban for assaulting a referee during a pre-season friendly in Germany.

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From a corner soon afterwards, Luisao climed above his marker Yakubu with a well-timed leap, only to put his header over the bar.

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Everton's defence was now desperately short of confidence, and from a corner taken by Aimar soon afterwards Luisao was left unmarked to make it 4-0.

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