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Commentary
10¹STEKELENBURG parried a neatly crafted strike from MESSI.
10¹The 'keeper saved a beautiful effort from ARBELOA.
13¹The 'keeper dived to his right to save a fierce shot from Crystal Palace's EVRÀ.
16¹GOAL!! An inswinging corner nodded out by XABI ALONSO was hit into the back of the net by MESSI. (1-0 Manchester United)
19¹PIQUÉ receives a yellow card for a cynical tackle on VAN DER VAART.
21¹FALCAO fired a right foot shot over from thirty yards out.
26¹A cross from TOURÉ left ROONEY in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
27¹Uncertainty in the Manchester United defence enabled ARBELOA to volley an effort inches over.
28¹A twenty-five yard drive from FABREGAS caused the Crystal Palace 'keeper little difficulty.
29¹LLORENTE was put clear by VÍLLA and he raced past the Manchester United 'keeper but struck his shot over.
33¹A free-kick from ROLANDO flew over the bar.
36¹GOAL!! A free-kick was punched clear by STEKELENBURG, PIQUÉ was first to the loose ball and played the ball to MESSI to hammer in. (2-0 Manchester United)
38¹XABI ALONSO beat RONALDO and fired the ball to ROLANDO who blasted his shot wide.
39¹A useful ball from XABI ALONSO on the left bobbled toward ARBELOA who scuffed his shot just wide.
7²ROONEY headed inches over.
8²A wonderful save prevented TOURÉ from scoring a great goal.
15²A perfect shot from ROONEY was dealt with by a fine stop from the 'keeper.
20²TOURÉ made space on the right and knocked the ball to ROONEY who rasped the ball over.
24²MESSI shot over.
33²ROONEY booked by the ref for a bad foul.
36²The motionless CASILLAS was a mere bystander as a backpass from ÖZIL fell just wide.
38²MASCHERANO receives a yellow card by the referee.

 
Manchester United
 
League position: 1
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: WWWWWLWW
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Iker CASILLAS7½17½Maarten STEKELENBURG
SERGIO RAMOS García7½27 Álvaro ARBELOA
Giorgio CHIELLINI7 37 Patrice EVRÀ
(c)Yaya TOURÉ8 46 ROLANDO Jorge
Gerard PIQUÉ7½56½Nemanja VIDIC(c)
Javier MASCHERANO7½66 Alexandre SONG
Mesut ÖZIL6 76½Rafael VAN DER VAART
(p,f)Cristiano RONALDO7½86 XABI ALONSO
Wayne ROONEY6 95½David VÍLLA(p,f)
Francesc FABREGAS7 105½Radamel FALCAO
Lionel MESSI7½116 Fernando LLORENTE
Chris PLACEManagerIan HISLAM
Arjen ROBBEN6 12  JOÃO Pedro PEREIRA
Holger BADSTUBER  13  Diego BENAGLIO
DOUGLAS COSTA de Souza  14  MARC MUNIESA Martínez
Mario BALOTELLI  156 Michael ESSIEN
Edinson CAVANI6 16  Craig SIBBALD
 
Crystal Palace
 
League position: 3
Away league form: XWWW
Overall league form: WXWWWWWW
Formation: 4-2-1-3

Statistics
Manchester United 2 Crystal Palace 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 99,027, Stadium: Old Trafford, Referee: Martin Penicka 7½)

Messi 16¹, Messi 36¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
RooneyóCavani 38², ÖzilóRobben 40²ArbeloaóEssien 35²
  
Piqué 19¹, Rooney 33², Mascherano 38² 
210
717
63
83
711
1514
63
51%49%
Man of the match: Yaya Touré