Fergie:
I would have been angry if we had lost that game,'' said a bemused Sir Alex Ferguson, who has seen his team lose a three-goal lead only once, at nearby Anfield.
"It is a difficult match to assess but I am happier than I might have been at the end.
"I am relieved that we managed to squeeze out a winner because the first-half performance was one of the best away in recent times.
"We couldn't have asked for any more at that stage but David Moyes changed things at half-time and they caused us all sorts of problems after that.'
"Full marks to David Moyes. He showed he had been watching the first half, and the changes he made went back to the strength of Duncan Ferguson. They caused us all sorts of problems, but I told (Cristiano) Ronaldo to go on and win it for us, and with his fantastic cross, he did."
Moyes:
'I thought the game had gone, you don't expect to come back from 3-0 down against Manchester United.
'When we did come back, I wanted the whistle to go. We've ended up with nothing, but at least we've shown some fight and that's important to the fans.'
Stats:
Everton: Martyn, Hibbert, Stubbs, Unsworth, Pistone (Naysmith 45), Watson (Rooney 45), Gravesen, Carsley, Kilbane, Ferguson, Jeffers (Radzinski 45).
Subs Not Used: Simonsen, Linderoth.
Booked: Gravesen.
Goals: Unsworth 49, O'Shea 65 og, Kilbane 75.
Utd: Howard, Gary Neville, Brown, Silvestre, O'Shea, Fletcher (Ronaldo 80), Keane, Scholes, Giggs, Saha (Fortune 73), van Nistelrooy.
Subs Not Used: Butt, Carroll, Kleberson.
Goals: Saha 9, van Nistelrooy 24, Saha 29, van Nistelrooy 89.
Att: 40,190