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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 4 (setup 5, season 18)
Crystal Palace
v.
Manchester United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Wojciech SZCZESNY61David DE GEA Quintana
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Martin KELLY727Luis 'Antonio' VALENCIA Mosquera
Joel WARD73Matteo DARMIAN
Yohan CABAYE746Nemanja MATIC
ROLANDO Jorge Pires da Fonseca5Phil JONES
Scott DANN6Daley BLIND
James McARTHUR77Paul POGBA
Andros TOWNSEND688Cristiano RONALDO dos Santos Aveiro
Christian BENTEKE97Romelu LUKAKU
Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK610Ander HERRERA Agüera
Loďc RÉMY611Alexis Alejandro SÁNCHEZ Barbé
Manager
Jason PUNCHEON12Jesse LINGARD
Steve MANDANDA13Sergio Germán ROMERO
Jeffrey SCHLUPP147Eric Bertrand BAILLY
Connor WICKHAM15Ashley YOUNG
Timothy FOSU-MENSAH166Marcos Alberto ROJO

Crystal Palace 0 Manchester United 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 26,232, Stadium: Selhurst Park, Referee: Fred GRAHAM 7)
Scorers2 Lukaku, 45 Matic
Substitutions50 Herrera <=> Bailly, 82 Matic <=> Rojo
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners1
19Fouls2
3Offsides6
2Shots on5
7Shots off12
9Total shots17
2Shots saved3
43%Possession57%
Man of the match: Cristiano RONALDO dos Santos Aveiro
2GOAL!! A long clearance by the Manchester United 'keeper beat the Crystal Palace defence and LUKAKU blasted the ball past the advancing Crystal Palace 'keeper. (1-0 Manchester United)
3A cross from TOWNSEND left BENTEKE in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
7An exceptional shot from RONALDO was dealt with by a useful parry from the 'keeper.
10HERRERA hoofed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
14A pin-point pass fell to RONALDO and his deadly effort flew narrowly over.
16A free-kick from TOWNSEND floated over.
21A great effort from POGBA scraped the top of the crossbar.
24RONALDO beat four Crystal Palace players and drove an effort just beyond the far post.
36A corner was collected by LUKAKU who touched an effort inches wide.
45GOAL!! A one-fisted punch from SZCZESNY enabled MATIC to volley the ball into the empty net. (2-0 Manchester United)
45+1A weak shot from BENTEKE rolled agonisingly wide.
45+3MCARTHUR ran onto a wonderful ball from TOWNSEND but toe-poked his effort wide of the righthand post.
 
46MATIC beat MCARTHUR and blasted the ball to RONALDO who blasted his shot wide.
50An inswinging corner was fired into the arms of the Manchester United 'keeper by BENTEKE.
51A penalty box scramble resulted in BAILLY cracking a low shot over.
55Uncertainty in the Manchester United defence enabled TOWNSEND to thump the ball over the bar.
61RONALDO's header was well saved by SZCZESNY.
65POGBA headed wide.
66POGBA made space on the right and pulled the ball to VALENCIA who touched the ball over.
71The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from BAILLY fell just over.
72RÉMY rattled a simple chance past the near post.
75SÁNCHEZ fluffed a simple chance.
77A header by DARMIAN at the far post was comfortably collected by the Crystal Palace 'keeper.
84RONALDO shot wide.
88A useful ball from RONALDO on the right was collected by LUKAKU who scuffed his shot wide.
90+2A shot from MCARTHUR was hoofed off the line by BAILLY.