Wayne Rooney has just two words for Ainsley Maitland-Niles in Everton vs Manchester United rant

Wayne Rooney hasn't shown much love to Ainsley Maitland-Niles after his stunning Everton strike against Manchester United.

The Englishman came in on deadline day to become the right-back signing that the Toffees desperately needed.

It's fair to say that fans weren't exactly overjoyed by his addition.

That has quickly been altered after his debut at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Sunday.

The 29-year-old scored an absolute stunner to seal a 2-2 draw in the 96th minute.

Maitland-Niles has rightly received plenty of acclaim for the strike, but Rooney is reluctant to hand out too much praise.

What has Wayne Rooney said about Ainsley Maitland-Niles' worldie vs Manchester United?

There aren't many Blues fans who have any superlatives left to describe the last-minute equaliser.

Limbs is the word to describe what followed the right-back's effort.

That is completely deserved, not only for the timing, but also for the quality of the strike.

To hit it with the instep and curl it into the top corner away from Senne Lammens was just stunning.

Rather than focusing on just how great a goal it was from Maitland-Niles, Rooney would rather discuss why the defending wasn't good enough.

Speaking via Stick to United on Tuesday, the ex-Everton sensation hit out at Patrick Dorgu and gave a very short review of the wonder goal.

He said: "The second goal, Dorgu goes, and he should never go. Once he does go, the rest of the team have to go with him.

"[Leny] Yoro doesn't get out to the ball quick enough, then the clearance isn't great and it's a great finish, obviously, from [Maitland] Niles. That's where you talk about leadership, someone should be screaming at Dorgu."

Just how good was Maitland-Niles' strike for Everton?

Rooney has given the defender just "great finish" as his only two words on the effort.

That is doing Maitland-Miles a major disservice, to say the least.

To truly understand just how good the effort was, you have to look at the expected goal reading.

The shot only clocked up 0.03 xG, representing just 2.9 per cent of what Everton racked up on the day.

That is a purely analytical way of looking at it, without saying that it is a picture-perfect effort that found it's way into the top corner and left Lammens with absolutely no chance.