Crystal Palace’s Tyrick Mitchell scores the facet’s third objective towards Manchester United in a Premier League match on Might 6, 2024
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Manchester United stay in eighth place on the Premier League desk with 54 factors from 35 video games
Michael Olise scored a brace of objectives as Crystal Palace accomplished a league double over Manchester United for the primary time of their historical past with a thumping 4-0 victory at Selhurst Park on Monday that may add to the stress on Erik ten Hag.
A makeshift United defence that included Casemiro at centre-back was simply picked aside by Palace on a number of events as Jean-Philippe Mateta and Tyrick Mitchell have been additionally on the scoresheet within the spectacular win.
United stay in eighth place with 54 factors from 35 video games, two factors behind Newcastle United in sixth, with their hopes of European soccer subsequent season fading quick. Palace are nonetheless in 14th with 43 factors from 36 matches.
United had a number of harm absentees and have been with out Bruno Fernandes, the primary time in his 230-game Outdated Trafford profession he has missed a match with harm, however the ease with which they have been overwhelmed shall be an enormous concern for everybody on the membership.
“An enormous disappointment. We simply had an off-day and we weren’t in it,” midfielder Christian Eriksen advised BBC. “It’s what it’s. We won’t actually change the harm issues. We now have to do what we will on the pitch to alter it.
“Immediately it did not matter who we performed. Everybody might have accomplished higher. We tried to do what we might however we weren’t ok. We’ll take the blame as gamers.”
It’s the first time within the Premier League period United have misplaced 13 video games in a season and the scoreline may need been worse.
The house facet took the lead inside 12 minutes as Olise collected a throw and evaded a limp problem from Casemiro. With no United participant trying to shut him down, he was in a position to unleash a low shot from simply contained in the field.
It was 2-0 5 minutes earlier than the break as Mateta breezed previous United defender Jonny Evans and thrashed the ball into the online for a ninth objective in 11 video games for the reason that arrival of Glasner in February.
The striker had scored 11 objectives in his earlier 80 video games for Palace earlier than that.
United’s makeshift defence was struggling to include the motion of their hosts and when Diogo Dalot did not cope with a ball to the again put up, Mitchell had a tap-in.
Olise’s second objective added extra salt to the wound and it might have been worse for the guests as Odsonne Edouard noticed his shot come again off the woodwork late on.
“I believe we might have gotten a couple of extra. That exhibits the potential we’ve to play towards any staff within the league,” Palace defender Chris Richards stated.
