Manchester United surged into the top six in the Premier League with a clinical 3-0 win over an energized but bland Everton side at Goodison Park, thanks to a spectacular goal of the season contender from Alejandro Garnacho.

The young Argentina winger scored his first goal of the season inside three minutes, sending a breathtaking overhead kick spinning beyond England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford from around 14 yards out after meeting Diogo Dalot’s cross with his back to goal.

Unhappy Everton fans were protesting the club’s 10-point penalty for breaking financial regulations earlier in the week, but the daring brilliance of Garnacho’s spectacular finish silenced them.

It’s tough to recall a more acrobatic finish since the Premier League’s debut in 1992, but it definitely brought to mind Wayne Rooney’s bicycle kick effort for Manchester United against Manchester City in 2011.

Everton, led by Sean Dyche, had the better chances in the first half, with the superb Kobbie Mainoo forced to clear off his line to deny Dwight McNeil a definite equalizer on his Premier League debut for United.

Marcus Rashford smashed a penalty kick into the net on 56 minutes after Ashley Young was adjudged to have felled Anthony Martial via a VAR review, before Martial chipped the match-clinching third over Pickford on 75 minutes from a Bruno Fernandes ball.

United’s best win of the season moves them up to sixth place, one point ahead of Newcastle, while relegation-threatened Everton remain second bottom with four points.