Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 3-1 in the Premier League at Selhurst Park on Wednesday evening. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be happy that his team survived the first game of the injury crisis and he will be happy that his understudies persevered and got the team kicking, which is good to see as many of these players had been written off by the supporters during the past few months. This was United’s eighth away win in a row, a new club record.
Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring in the 33rd minute of the match, after missing a sitter early in the first half. It was Luke Shaw who provided the assist, bombing forward into the box and laying the ball to the Belgian striker to slot home. Lukaku doubled United’s lead seven minutes into the second half, Victor Lindelof being the provider of the assist, this time inside the box with a header for the Belgian to find the back of the net. Palace got a goal back through Joel Ward in the 66th minute, which lifted their resurgence.
Man of the Match: Romelu Lukaku
The Belgian was one of three contenders for the Man of the Match in the 3-1 victory over Crystal Palace. Victor Lindelof and Luke Shaw also had good games, both getting an assist, providing the goals for Romelu Lukaku. After the spell he has had, this will be a massive confidence booster for the Belgian, who had not found the back of the net for United since the 2-0 victory over Reading in the Emirates FA Cup at Old Trafford at the start of January. Hopefully, this could be the start of his rise in form.
Match Statistics:
Crystal Palace 1-3 Manchester United
⚽️ Ward 66'; Lukaku 33', 52', Young 83'
?️ Schlupp 66'; Shaw 33', Lindelof 52', Pogba 83' pic.twitter.com/u84XF2bdGk— ⚽️ MUFCLatest.com ⚽️ (@MUFCLatestnews) February 27, 2019
Goals: Joel Ward 66′; Romelu Lukaku 33′, 52′, Ashley Young 83′
Assists: Jeffrey Schlupp 66′; Luke Shaw 33′, Victor Lindelof 52′, Paul Pogba 83′
Manchester United: De Gea; Young, Lindelof, Smalling, Shaw; McTominay, Fred (Garner 90′); Dalot (Bailly 77′), Pogba, Sanchez (Rashford 77′); Lukaku
Substitutes Not Used: Romero; Rojo; Pereira; Chong
Bookings: Martin Kelly 41′, Wilfried Zaha 90+1′; Alexis Sanchez 69′, Luke Shaw 81′, Romelu Lukaku 90+5′