Lucky McLuckerson
The saviour of our season (ask Maradona10)
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And that's that, our first defeat of the season and a massively frustrating one at Old Trafford. Two sucker-punch goals did us in. The first after 32 minutes from Jordan Ayew and then the second from Patrick van Aanholt deep into injury time as we chased a winner. We looked to have rescued at least a point when Daniel James scored a beautifully finished goal late on but there was even more late drama to follow.
We utterly dominated possession and shots on goal, but from more than 20 efforts we only had two on target. And to make matters worse the penalty debate will rage on after Marcus Rashford missed a penalty midway through the second-half.
It feels like a familiar story, a visiting team coming to Old Trafford defending in numbers and we struggle to break them down, getting hit by sucker punch break away goals. It will continue to be a big question mark hanging over this team.
We've now only won 3 of our last 15 games since we beat PSG in Paris
First-half Stats
Possession
Man Utd 71%
Crystal Palace 29%
Shots
Man Utd 22
Crystal Palace 5
Shots on Target
Man Utd 3
Crystal Palace 3
Corners
Man Utd 8
Crystal Palace 1
Fouls
Man Utd 8
Crystal Palace 18
Man Utd 0:1 Crystal Palace - Van Aarnholt (90' + 3)
Man Utd 0:1 Crystal Palace - Rashford missed penalty (69')
Man Utd 1:1 Crystal Palace - Daniel James (89')
Man Utd 1:2 Crystal Palace - Van Aarnholt (90' + 3)
We utterly dominated possession and shots on goal, but from more than 20 efforts we only had two on target. And to make matters worse the penalty debate will rage on after Marcus Rashford missed a penalty midway through the second-half.
It feels like a familiar story, a visiting team coming to Old Trafford defending in numbers and we struggle to break them down, getting hit by sucker punch break away goals. It will continue to be a big question mark hanging over this team.
We've now only won 3 of our last 15 games since we beat PSG in Paris
First-half Stats
Possession
Man Utd 71%
Crystal Palace 29%
Shots
Man Utd 22
Crystal Palace 5
Shots on Target
Man Utd 3
Crystal Palace 3
Corners
Man Utd 8
Crystal Palace 1
Fouls
Man Utd 8
Crystal Palace 18
Man Utd 0:1 Crystal Palace - Van Aarnholt (90' + 3)
Man Utd 0:1 Crystal Palace - Rashford missed penalty (69')
Man Utd 1:1 Crystal Palace - Daniel James (89')
Man Utd 1:2 Crystal Palace - Van Aarnholt (90' + 3)