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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 28 (setup 5, season 17)
Crystal Palace
v.
Manchester United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Steve MANDANDA17David DE GEA Quintana
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Martin KELLY62Luis 'Antonio' VALENCIA Mosquera
Mamadou SAKHO37Daley BLIND
Yohan CABAYE47Paul POGBA
Scott DANN5Phil JONES
ROLANDO Jorge Pires da Fonseca66Marcos Alberto ROJO
Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK7Nemanja MATIC
Andros TOWNSEND78Cristiano RONALDO dos Santos Aveiro
Christian BENTEKE9Romelu LUKAKU
James McARTHUR106Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC
Loďc RÉMY11Alexis Alejandro SÁNCHEZ Barbé
Manager
Timothy FOSU-MENSAH12Marcus RASHFORD
Connor WICKHAM13Sergio Germán ROMERO
JOĂO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA14Anthony MARTIAL
Joel WARD15Juan Manuel MATA García
Jason PUNCHEON16Eric Bertrand BAILLY

Crystal Palace 0 Manchester United 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 26,231, Stadium: Selhurst Park, Referee: Andy HALL 6½)
Scorers2 Sánchez
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings65 Rojo
6Corners8
7Fouls5
0Offsides1
5Shots on3
5Shots off8
10Total shots11
5Shots saved2
40%Possession60%
Man of the match: Cristiano RONALDO dos Santos Aveiro
1A great strike from BENTEKE was dealt with by a good parry from DE GEA.
2GOAL!! A deep corner left the 'keeper struggling and SÁNCHEZ banged the ball over the line. (1-0 Manchester United)
6A penalty box scramble resulted in TOWNSEND knocking the ball over.
8BLIND beat a number of Crystal Palace players and thundered an effort just wide.
9CABAYE headed just beyond the near post.
11A mix up in the Crystal Palace defence enabled LUKAKU to fire the ball just wide.
15A good ball from RÉMY on the left fell to MCARTHUR who sliced his effort just beyond the far post.
18JONES flicked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
23A twenty yard drive from MCARTHUR caused the 'keeper no problem.
26A wonderful save prevented MCARTHUR from scoring a great goal.
31RÉMY worked the ball to LOFTUS-CHEEK, TOWNSEND gathered his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of the Manchester United 'keeper.
42LUKAKU was put clear by IBRAHIMOVIC and he turned the Crystal Palace 'keeper but glanced his shot over the bar.
44A poor shot from ROJO trickled agonisingly wide.
45RONALDO made space on the right and touched the ball to LUKAKU who touched the ball over.
 
47A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing MANDANDA.
55RÉMY's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Manchester United post.
61BLIND blasted a left foot shot over the bar from twenty yards out.
63SAKHO dribbled away from IBRAHIMOVIC and stabbed a tame shot past the post.
65The ref cautions ROJO for a clinical challenge.
69The 'keeper blocked a neatly crafted strike from RONALDO.
72RÉMY chipped the ball to TOWNSEND who forced it just beyond the far post.
73LUKAKU nodded the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.