Man United vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Result and final score after Martial, Rashford and Sancho goals
Follow all the latest from the match between Premier League sides United and Palace in Australia
Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 3-1 today in Melbourne as the two Premier League clubs continued their pre-season preparations.
United have enjoyed their trip to Australia so far, with heavy wins over Liverpool and Melbourne Victory, as Erik ten Hag gets to grips with his new squad and despite the continued absence of Cristiano Ronaldo. And that form continued after goals by Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho took the game away from Palace and gave Ten Hag’s new-look front-line a major confidence boost.
Palace have Covid and injury troubles but still fielded plenty of talent with Jean-Philippe Mateta leading the line alongside Jordan Ayew. The 18-year-old winger Malcolm Ebiowei got a start, as did 20-year-old Killian Phillips and 19-year-old Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, but they could not stop the Eagles from going down at the MCG, despite the consolation goal by Joel Ward.
GOAL! Manchester United 3-1 Crystal Palace
Palace have one back! Joel Ward gets his head to a corner and squeezes the ball past De Gea.
Manchester United 3-0 Crystal Palace
68 min: Both teams have made a horde of changes. Iqbal and Savage are among those getting some minutes for United.
Manchester United 3-0 Crystal Palace
64 min: Almost a moment to celebrate for Palace, but Mateta was rightly called offside after scoring at a corner.
Manchester United 3-0 Crystal Palace
Rashford played the ball into Martial who picked out Sancho’s burst down the right side. Sancho kept his composure and slotted the ball home. That front three is having a great evening in Melbourne.
GOAL! Manchester United 3-0 Crystal Palace (Sancho)
Jadon Sancho makes it three!
Manchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace
52 min: Martial has the bit between his teeth now. He tries a cut-back to Fernandes who might have scored had he not run into Van de Beek.
Manchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace
The one-two between Martial and Sancho was sublime, and the cute pass by Van de Beek was neat to set up the finsh for Rashford.
GOAL! Manchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace (Rashford)
An excellent goal by United and finished by Marcus Rashford. Good link up between Sancho and Martial before Van de Beek tees up Rashford to add the second.
Manchester United 1-0 Crystal Palace
Manchester United make a change at the break: Van der Beek replaces McTominay in midfield.
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