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Man Utd starting XI: Onana, Wan-Bissaka, Casemiro, Evans, Dalot, Mainoo, Eriksen, Antony, Mount, Garnacho, Hojlund.
Subs: Bayindir, Heaton, Amrabat, Diallo, Collyer, Amass, Ogunneye, Jackson, Wheatley.
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Crystal Palace starting XI: Henderson, Clyne, Andersen, Richards, Mitchell, Hughes, Wharton, Munoz, Eze, Olise, Mateta.
Subs: Matthews, Ward, Guéhi, Ayew, Schlupp, Edouard, Ahamada, Riedewald, Rak-Sakyi.
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United face an injury crisis at the back tonight. All of Shaw, Malacia, Maguire, Lindelof, Martinez and Varane are ruled out. Evans and Casemiro could play at the heart of the back four.
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Man Utd have just one victory in the last six league matches. After a 4-2 win at home to Sheffield United, they drew 1-1 at home to Burnley in their last match.
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Palace come into tonight's match in high spirits. They have three wins in the last four fixtures. After winning 1-0 at Liverpool, they beat West Ham 5-2. A 2-0 win vs Newcastle was followed by a 1-1 draw at Fulham in their last match.
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Hello and welcome to live coverage of Crystal Palace vs Man Utd in the English Premier League. Kickoff is at 9pm SAST at Selhurst Park.
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KICKOFF! We are underway in South London!
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Palace have two good early attacks as Olise has a shot deflected behind and then Mitchell goes down in the box as Casemiro and Evans sandwich him. VAR says no penalty.
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United are keeping the ball in deeper areas and they're up to 60% possession.
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It's a game with lots of mistakes so far. Hojlund tries a run but Andersen makes a good crunching tackle on his countryman.
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GOAL, CRYSTAL PALACE, OLISE, 1-0! A Munoz thrown-in to Olise sees the skillful winger breeze past Casemiro. Evans keeps backing off and invited Olise to have all the time to shoot into the bottom corner with a scuffed effort. That's terrible United defending all-round. Crystal Palace 1-0 Man Utd.
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Antony is fouled by Mitchell. United take the freekick quickly but it's a little too strong for Garnacho's run. It's bit disjointed for United with Eriksen and Mount making rare starts.
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Palace are in control since the goal. Their 5-2-3 defensive shape is proving hard to break down.
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Foul: Wharton is too quick for Mainoo and nips in to win a freekick.
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Olise floats a freekick into the United box and Richards head tamely wide. It wasn't an easy delivery to work with.
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CHANCE! Mateta shows his muscle to knock a United player out of the way. He finds Olise to play a one-two with Munoz but Olise's low effort hits teammate Mateta with Onana scrambling to his right.
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United finally play some slick football as Mainoo finds Mount between the lines. He looks for Hojlund's run into the box but the striker can't take the ball in his stride.
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SAVE! Slick Palace football sees a Munoz cross finds Mitchell on the far side. He pulls it back for Olise but the shot is straight at Onana. Olise is furious with himself.
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Foul: Garnacho drives at the Palace defence and is tripped by Hughes. This freekick is in a great position.
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Block! Eriksen strikes the freekick for United and it clips Richards and goes out for a corner.
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Disallowed goal! The Man Utd corner is headed across goal by Casemiro and Henderson misses his punch. The referee eventually gives a foul against Hojlund and VAR agrees. It was a clear bump to be fair.
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CHANCE! Mainoo's back pass is short and Olise intercepts it for Palace. For once, Olise's touch isn't great and Onana comes out to smother the ball and save his teammate's blushes.
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Foul: Andersen slides into a challenge on Hojlund and is blown up, much to his frustration. Having given the foul, that could easily be a yellow card.
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Close! Wharton's punt forward is intercepted outside his area by Onana but he hoofs it clear in a panic. Mateta was waiting to pounce.
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A long Onana punt is sent towards Dalot in the Palace box but Richards defends this one very well.
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Wide! Hojlund flicks a Wan-Bissaka cross well wide. That came after the ref let the game flow by ignoring two fouls: Mount on Olise and Antony on Mitchell.
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Man Utd are building up a bit better now with Eriksen and Mainoo taking turns to drop into defence with Evans pushing into midfield. It's not really leading to final third entries though.
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GOAL, CRYSTAL PALACE, MATETA, 2-0! Some excellent pressing from the hosts sees Richards find Mateta. The powerful strike roasts Evans on the dribble and rifles a near post shot past Onana. He had Olise in the middle but he went alone instead. Crystal Palace 2-0 Man Utd.
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Wide! Eriksen floats a freekick into the area and Casemiro heads over the bar. He is such a weapon on these set pieces in the air.
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HALF TIME. Palace are 2-0 up Olise and Mateta goals from awful Red Devils defending. Olise runs off shaking his head at another chance he missed and few other near moments. The hosts are well deserving of this lead despite just 36% possession. Join us in 15 minutes for the second half. Palace 2-0 United.
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+3' Waste! Eze spins away from Casemiro with ease and is away down the left. He has Olise free in the box but he gets his cross all wrong.
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+1' The box touches from the two teams so far shows Palace's greater threat. They've had 16 touches in the Man Utd box vs six for the opponents.
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Added time: three minutes.
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Palace get down the side as Clyne runs from deep and beats Mainoo on the byline. His pass is lacking and Munoz has to chop down Mount to stop a counter. That should be a yellow.
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KICKOFF! The second half is underway.
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CHANCE! A long kick for Munoz for Palace sees the wingback release Clyne to the byline. His cross reaches Eze but the contact isn't strong enough to overly extend Onana.
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SHOT! Antony cuts inside for Man Utd but his curling effort is well held by Henderson.
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Foul: Antony comes inside and is fouled by Mitchell. That's Palace's 10th foul of the night whereas United have only committed two offences
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OFFSIDE! Eriksen delivers a freekick and Casemiro heads against the post and then tucks home the rebound. The flag was up and shows that the Brazilian was a good three yards offside.
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CHANCE! Eze receives a flick from Mateta. He finds Olise, who flicks the ball back to Eze's run but the playmaker curls his shot wide of the far post. A player of his talent should be scoring that.
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SAVE! Mitchell is teed up by Eze and goes for goal but it's saved from a narrow angle by Onana.
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GOAL, CRYSTAL PALACE, MITCHELL, 3-0! A corner comes out to Wharton, who plays a perfect cross for Andersen at the back post. He diverts the ball across goal and Mitchell tucks home to probably seal the three points this evening. Crystal Palace 3-0 Man Utd.
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SUB, Man Utd: Amrabat replaces Antony. It seems a bit late to be stiffening up your midfield.
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United try to erm, mount a comeback as Mainoo's cross is towards Mount at the back post but Palace hold firm defensively.
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SAVE! Eriksen delivers a corner for United and Casemiro flicks towards goal where Henderson makes a strong save. There's Casemiro again threatening on a set piece situation.
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Penalty shout! Hojlund runs into the box onto Mainoo's pass and Andersen fouls him back. No penalty is given as it was just outside the box so VAR can't intervene.
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GOAL, CRYSTAL PALACE, OLISE, 4-0! Munoz wins the ball off Casemiro and feeds it back for Olise. United back off and Olise mothers a powerful shot past Onana to totally kill off this match. Crystal Palace 4-0 Man Utd.
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SUBS, Crystal Palace: Riedewald for Hughes and Edouard for Mateta.
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Yellow card, Man Utd: Amrabat clatters Olise from behind with his studs. That's a red card, I'm not sure how VAR hasn't upgraded that from a yellow.
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Yellow card, Crystal Palace: their coach Glasner is carded. He clearly felt that challenge warranted a red card too.
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Edouard receives a pass in the box but United do enough this time to clear it. Palace are pushing for a fifth.
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Not much is happening here. Palace are controlling United, who are largely having the ball deep in their half through Amrabat.
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SUB, Crystal Palace: Guehi is back after three months out to replace Clyne.
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SUB, Man Utd: Mount goes off after a quiet outing with Diallo entering the action. Wheatley replaces Hojlund.
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An Olise corner for Palace is kept alive by Eze and Richards meets the latter's delivery to head tamely at Onana.
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Eze and Olise take turns bursting through gaps but United survive without giving up a chance. Both those Palace stars could be about to exit the action.
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SUBS, Crystal Palace: Olise and Eze go off with Schlupp and Ayew.
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Yellow card, Crystal Palace: Edouard clatters Amrabat and gets a booking.
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FULL TIME. It's a schooling for Man Utd, 4-0 away at a Palace side who look much more cohesive and better coached. Olise grabbed two goals and Mateta and Mitchell scored one each. The Eagles had 18 shots with 10 efforts on target. United had just two shots on target on a dire night. Casemiro and Evans were left horribly exposed and this one could have ended 6-0 quite easily. Thanks for joining us this evening.
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+5' Save! Edouard makes a clever flick to Ayew. He hits a shot which deflects off Dalot and rolls through to Onana. Palace haven't stopped trying to add to their four goals.
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+2' POST! Edouard destroys Casemiro again and goes for goal from distance. Onana is wrong-footed and rooted to the spot and the ball hits the post and away to safety.
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Added time: six minutes.
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CHANCE! Riedewald finds Edouard, who basically walks past Casemiro in the box. He squares towards Munoz but Wan-Bissaka makes a goal saving clearance in the small box.
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