David Moyes blasted his Manchester United flops of being "rank rotten" as the Scot endured a hellish Goodison Park return.

Everton strolled to an easy 2-0 win that ended United's hopes of Champions League qualification with four matches remaining.

Moyes was barracked by the home support throughout and one Everton fan even turned up in a Grim Reaper's costume to poke fun at the United boss from just behind the dugout.

On the pitch it was a grim day for the United boss as his team suffered their 11th defeat of the season.

Phil Jones blocked Romelu Lukaku's shot with his outstretched arm and Leighton Baines converted the resulting spot-kick before Alex Buttner played Kevin Mirallas onside and the Belgian beat David de Gea from a tight angle.

Moyes tried to put a positive spin on what was a dreadful defeat, but he did not hold back when giving his assessment of his team's defending for both goals.

"I thought the two goals we conceded today were rank rotten," the United boss said.

"The first goal was a big kick up the pitch, it was nodded down and picked up, and for us to concede a goal like that was terrible.

"The second was a better move, but we should have defended it much better that we did.

"We gave away two terrible goals, but prior to that we passed the ball brilliantly well, kept the ball, had great control of the game.

"What we couldn't do is make enough chances, but we had a great control and we got done by two stupid decisions."

The result and the performances of both sides showed just how much United have regressed under Moyes and how far Everton have come under his successor Roberto Martinez, who has now collected a record 20 league wins since moving to Goodison Park.

Moyes, surprisingly, thought his team did not play too badly.

"We played very well in the first half," said Moyes, who spent 11 years at Everton before moving to Old Trafford.

"We had passed the ball really well, kept the ball but we didn't have the final pass, the killer through ball that was needed in the final third.

"I didn't think we deserved to go in 2-0 down at half-time, that's for sure."