SURELY few football chants can be as nauseating or self-aggrandising as the “we’re Man United, we’ll do what we want” ditty that has so often reverberated around Old Trafford and beyond this season.

But David Moyes and his shattered Everton players would be forgiven for believing there is some currency in that immodest boast.

Certainly, this wasn’t the first time the Goodison outfit have journeyed home down the East Lancs Road with the nagging sense they had been hard done by.

The same old story. The most one-sided fixture in Premier League history went its usual way as Everton’s seven-match unbeaten league run was brought to a shuddering halt by Javier Hernandez’s late header.

Of course, there’s no shame in losing at Old Trafford.

All bar West Bromwich Albion have done from 16 previous top-flight visitors this season, United’s latest triumph setting a Premier League record of 13 consecutive home wins.

But perhaps Everton deserved better following a stoic, heroic defensive rearguard action that was undermined by untimely misfortune and some questionable decisions from the officials.

That stubborn resistance, led by the immaculate Phil Jagielka, was the chief positive from an afternoon that nevertheless highlighted many of the concerns Moyes harbours ahead of an important summer for the club.

Not least the old chestnut regarding investment and strength in depth. With one eye firmly on the forthcoming Champions League semi-final against Schalke, Sir Alex Ferguson rotated his United squad with a much-changed starting line-up.

Indeed, with the exception of a left-back, an entire XI could have been selected from the players that weren’t even on the bench.

As their injury crisis has illustrated in recent weeks, Everton simply cannot compete with such resource.