Palace Stun United With Victory At Old Trafford

After the turmoil of Tuesday night and not much expected from a second trip to take on United in a week, Roy Hodgson will quietly enjoy being the first manager to go unbeaten at Old Trafford in five consecutive Premier League games.  

MATCH INFORMATION

• 3pm – 30^th September 2023
• Manchester United 0-1 Crystal Palace
• Old Trafford, Sir Matt Busby Way, Stretford, Manchester M16 0RA

PLAYER RATINGS

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES – 4 Rob HOLDING, 17 Nathaniel CLYNE, 23 Malcolm EBIOWEI, 31 Remi MATTHEWS, 49 Jesurun RAK-SAKYI, 52 David OZOH, 53 Ademola OLA-ADEBOMI

OPPOSITION LINE-UP

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES – 1 Altay BAYINDIR, 35 Jonny EVANS, 39 Scott MCTOMINAY, 46 Hannibal MEJBRI

TEB VERDICT

Two trips to Old Trafford in the same week has been much publicised but they have brought a cup exit and an important three league points. Many would argue that the second is the more important.

Whichever way you look at it, this was a hugely important and impressive win. The goal from Andersen was excellent, as was the defensive stand to secure the victory. Much is made of teams that go to grounds and defend a lead but Palace caused a threat on the break to keep the hosts concerned while they chased the game. The art of defending is exactly that and you do make your own luck, but this was a very good team performance that more than made up for the midweek defeat.

POST GAME QUOTES

ROY HODGSON

“The way the players went about the game today is really praise worthy and has given me enormous pleasure. They have to be so disciplined and so organised. It would be asking too much to come here and dominate. Joachim Andersen is a wonderful technician. It was only a half chance. He had to quickly get his feet right and have the confidence to put his foot through the ball. I’m trying to push him forward for goal of the week! I must add that the real satisfaction is seeing the players work so incredibly hard. The players were tiring enormously towards the end.”

ERIK TEN HAG

“It’s quite simple. We conceded only three chances over the whole game – all three from set-plays. Then I think we got in good positions and then made poor decisions. We got into good positions and we had free players. We didn’t have an impact. The quality was just not good enough in that part of the game. The final part of the game we didn’t play our best game. Of course it is frustrating. We were also many times close. You have to be sharp and clinical. It’s about decision making. We can’t change this result anymore. You always learn from the game and learn to do better from the final part of the game.”

MATCH STATISTICS

POSITION IN THE TABLE (at the final whistle)

UPCOMING FIXTURES

07/10/23 Nottingham Forest (h) – Premier League 5.30pm

21/10/23 Newcastle United (a) – Premier League 3pm

27/10/23 Tottenham Hotspur (h) – Premier League 8pm