Manchester United 1-0 Crystal Palace: Classy Fred strike gives Rangnick winning start

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United
made
a
blistering
start
to
their
first
game
under
interim
manager
Rangnick,
but
they
were
frustrated
by
a
well-drilled
Palace
side
for
much
of
the
game.

Alex
Telles
struck
the
crossbar
before
Fred’s
clinical
finish
secured
all
three
points
for
the
Red
Devils
on
Sunday.

1

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Victory
for
United
boosted
their
bid
to
secure
a
Champions
League
spot
as
Palace
suffered
their
first
defeat
at
Old
Trafford
for
over
four
years.

United
showed
the
intensity
Rangnick
demands
from
the
start
with
a
high-press
approach
and
Telles
flashed
an
early
shot
narrowly
wide.

The
Red
Devils
were
relentless
as
they
continued
to
pen
Palace
in,
James
Tomkins
blocking
a
well-struck
drive
from
Fred
before
Vicente
Guaita
denied
Bruno
Fernandes.

Patrick
Vieira’s
side
weathered
the
storm
but
Diogo
Dalot
wasted
a
chance
to
open
the
scoring
on
the
stroke
of
half-time,
failing
to
hit
the
target
when
he
let
fly
with
his
left
foot
from
inside
the
penalty
area.

United
did
not
muster
such
a
threat
early
in
the
second
half
and
Rangnick
replaced
Jadon
Sancho
with
Mason
Greenwood
just
after
the
hour
mark.

Telles
clipped
the
top
of
the
crossbar
with
a
whipped
free-kick
from
wide
on
the
right
and
Jordan
Ayew
missed
a
glorious
chance
to
put
Palace
in
front
from
close
range.

Fred
produced
the
quality
in
the
final
third
that
had
been
lacking
to
send
the
United
fans
into
raptures,
finding
the
far
corner
with
a
measured
right-foot
finish
from
just
outside
the
box.

2
–
Fred
has
scored
twice
in
12

@premierleague
matches
this
season,
as
many
as
he
scored
in
76
appearances
in
his
first
three
seasons
in
the
competition
with

@ManUtd
beforehand.
Breakthrough.

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—
OptaJoe
(@OptaJoe)

December
5,
2021