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.
Manchester United 1-0 Crystal Palace
24 min: Finally a moment of light for Palace, as the teenager Ebiowei skips past Fred and forces a save from De Gea at his near post. A couple of corners follow but Palace can’t make them count, with Ayew heading wide.
Manchester United 1-0 Crystal Palace
A clever cross from Dalot, that. Could Martial be playing his way into Ten Hag’s plans? He’s certainly made a good start to this pre-season.
GOAL! Manchester United 1-0 Crystal Palace (Martial)
There it is: Anthony Martial arrives at the back post to fire home from Dalot’s cross, with a chest down and neat finish on his right foot. United lead.
Manchester United 0-0 Crystal Palace
Some early images from Melbourne:
Manchester United 0-0 Crystal Palace
9 min: A chance for Martial, who links up with Fernandes this time and breaks through on goal, but Butland rushes out to save. A good stop but the keeper has stayed down with what looks like an injury to his hand.
Manchester United 0-0 Crystal Palace
6 min: It’s a bit cagey early on. Fernandes tries to pick out Martial with a throughball but it’s intercepted by the Palace defence. Maguire, meanwhile, is getting booed by some United ‘fans’.
Manchester United 0-0 Crystal Palace
3 min: Martial gets the first shot away but it’s well over the bar. United’s back four has Maguire on the right side of the centre-back pairing, which might suggest he will play there once new signing Lisandro Martinez beds into the side, though Raphael Varane will want a starting berth too of course, once he’s fit.
Manchester United 0-0 Crystal Palace
United are decked out in all white, their new away strip revealed on stage in Melbourne earlier this week, which was all a bit odd. Sancho starts on the right wing with Rashford on the left and Martial leading the line.
Manchester United 0-0 Crystal Palace
Kick-off! United get the game under way.
Manchester United vs Crystal Palace
A reminder of the line-ups:
Man Utd XI: De Gea; Dalot, Maguire, Lindelof, Malacia; McTominay, Fred, Fernandes; Sancho, Martial, Rashford
Palace XI: Butland, Clyne, Ward, Andersen, Mitchell, Rak-Sakyi, Milivojevic, Phillips, Ebiowei, Mateta, Ayew
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