Manchster United have beaten Crystal Palace 3-1 at Selhurst Park despite 10 players being injured and they continue their race for top four. Romelu Lukaku’s two goals and Ashley Young’s late goal sealed a fantastic win for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Man United who keep marching in.
Solskjaer was forced to make three changes to the side that drew 0-0 with Liverpool on Sunday. Fred, Diogo Dalot and Alexis Sanchez came in for injured trio Ander Herrera, Juan Mata and Marcus Rashford, though the latter recovered enough for a place on the bench.
“It’s a great away win. We controlled it well. That’s a few away wins on the bounce. There was no complacency whatsoever. Everyone was really focused before the game. We started the game well. We should have scored early on from a corner-kick, Rom, but then, after 1-0, I thought we controlled the game.” Solskjaer said.
”We defended our box well. Crystal Palace only had one shot on target today, that was the goal, so you’ve got to say our defending is improving all the time.” Solskjaer added.
Romelu has been a goal machine since he arrived in England in 2011. In the last eight years, he has scored for Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion and Everton before arriving at Old Trafford in the summer of 2017.
“They were very good finishes from Romelu. The first one was with his right foot. The second one, he’s had a lot to do there and a great finish, so I’m very pleased for Romelu. He’s played wide-right, wide-left. He’s worked a lot defensively for us and, this time, he got the no.9 shirt and got some good goals.” Solskjaer said.
Romelu Lukaku and Ashley Young make it nine Premier League wins for Manchster United against Crytal Palace. (Source:www.foxsports.com.au)
Losing to 2-10 at home against Paris Saint-Germain in Champions League did not make trouble the rhythm of the Red Devils, they immediately convincedly took Chelsea on the road.The momentum that has just been taken over is now unloaded. Several players who have relied on it some time ago have been injured, but the team does not discouraged.
