criticise a pristine performance to keep a clean sheet. I thought we were devastating on the counterattack. We were full of energy and dynamic."

Everton have already recorded their highest ever Premier League points tally of 69 and have beaten United home and away in the league for the first time since 1969-70.

"That is a big thing,” Martinez said. “We knew that since 1969 we never done the double over United, and I think that is when we won the league. It tells you this group of players is ready to develop something special."

Martinez praised his predecessor David Moyes, the beaten United manager, for laying the foundation for his work at Goodison Park. But he stressed he has made a difference by promoting untried players after Ross Barkley andvolume executed in Alert dipped by 5% year-over-year but it was up 22% sequentially. While conditions in US are still somewhat challenging, our efforts to control costs helped improve earnings. Despite flat revenue sequentially, we were able to improve net income to a 5% reduction in costs.

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