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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was left exasperated as his side relinquished a two-goal lead to Everton at Old Trafford.
United were ahead 4-2 with seven minutes remaining, but somehow contrived to allow The Toffees to secure a shock 4-4 draw.
Ferguson fumed: "It was a throwaway, an absolute give-away. We just needed to see the game out and it was a travesty because some of our football was fantastic. The goals we scored were great goals.
"To give away four goals at Old Trafford in a home game like that which was so important to us is unbelievable. I can't believe it."
He added: "We've given City the initiative, there's no question about that, it makes the game at the Etihad Stadium a really important game now. It makes it the title decider really.
"We make it hard for ourselves but we have to go there knowing we're capable of getting a result. We need to get a result now at the Etihad, there's no question about that. There's no reason why we can't do that. There's been an expectancy from City that this could be their decider. But it's our decider too.
"There'll be a reaction from us obviously. There's no question about that. A derby game next Monday against City would always have been a derby game of the highest proportions."
