Manchester United vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Result and reaction from Premier League fixture today
Re-live all the updates from Old Trafford
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester United fell to Crystal Palace as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side began their Premier League campaign one week late on Saturday.
Palace took the lead through Andros Townsend after just seven minutes, and they doubled their advantage on 74 minutes when Wilfried Zaha netted a re-take from the penalty spot after David de Gea stepped off his line when saving Jordan Ayew’s initial effort.
United debutant Donny van de Beek came off the bench to pull one back for the hosts, but Zaha bagged his brace with five minutes remaining at Old Trafford to put the result beyond doubt. Re-live all the updates below:
Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, is targeting three points against West Ham tonight:
West Ham manager, David Moyes, speaks about whatit’s like facing Arsenal:
Willian makes his home debut for Arsenal at the Emirates tonight. He was a star performer for the Gunners last week, can he repeat that against West Ham?
Reaction from Old Trafford to come but lets remind ourselves how the teams line up for Arsenal vs West Ham, kicking off in half an hour:
Arsenal XI: Leno, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney, Bellerin, Ceballos, Xhaka, Saka, Willian, Lacazette, Aubameyang
West Ham XI: Fabianski, Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Masuaku, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Bowen, Antoni
Predicting how Arsenal vs West Ham will unfold
The Gunners hope to put back-to-back wins together to start the Premier League campaign in their home opener
90+6 mins: Time runs out for Manchester United, the final whistle goes and they slump to a 1-3 defeat at home to Crystal Palace.
Palace deserve the win, they were fitter, stronger and just better. They’ve got two wins from two games now and are sitting pretty near the top of the league.
88 mins: Horrendous start to the Premier League for Manchester United, they’re staring down a home defeat to Crystal Palace. They haven’t been up to the challenge, Palace have outplayed them all game.
Man Utd 1 - 3 Crystal Palace - Zaha
85 mins: GOAL! Brilliant from Zaha. The ball is given to him from the left wing. He shrugs off Lindelof with blissful ease, turns and places the shot to De Gea’s right, rolling it into the net on the right side of the near post.
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