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MOUNT, ZIRKZEE GOALS LIFT MAN UTD TO SIXTH, END CRYSTAL PALACE HOME RUN
Ruben Amorim's Man Utd secured a crucial 2-1 comeback win at Crystal Palace, thanks to Zirkzee and Mount. The win ends a five-year drought at Selhurst Park.
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Ruben Amorim must have been relieved. Somehow, Manchester United managed to beat Crystal Palace at their home for the first time in the Premier League since February. It also ended United's five-year wait for a win at this stadium, especially after a first half where Palace should have been way ahead.
Oliver Glasner’s team was strong and deserved to lead because of Jean-Philippe Mateta’s penalty. Still, they couldn't take advantage of their dominance. United, who hadn't scored against Palace in their previous four league games, suddenly scored twice in nine minutes through Joshua Zirkzee and Mason Mount to win the game.
It was a bad day for Glasner, who had a tough week and had been mentioned as a possible candidate for United in the past. Plus, Ismaïla Sarr had to leave the game with an injury before halftime. Amorim, on the other hand, probably kept his cool as he went to the locker room after the game. But he must have been happy inside after United's better play, which moved them above Palace to sixth place.
Amorim didn't want to compare his tactics with Glasner’s before the game, but he did say that Palace was doing things better than us. After their loss to 10-man Everton, he changed both wing-backs. Amad Diallo moved to the right, and Diogo Dalot replaced Patrick Dorgu because the Danish player admitted he feels anxious when wearing a United jersey.
After playing against Strasbourg in the Conference League, Glasner asked Palace’s players to keep going, even though it's getting close to the end of November. Even though they could have won if they had taken their chances, he'll be worried about how much their performance dropped after they fell behind.
United must have seen a chance to win, since they had three more days to get ready. They almost scored after just 43 seconds when a long throw caused trouble in Palace's area, but Dean Henderson, the former United goalie, made a great save to stop Casemiro.
That close call woke up Palace after the early start time for TV. Soon, they had many chances. After missing a lot of opportunities, Mateta missed two shots in the first 15 minutes. Adam Wharton also shot straight at Senne Lammens after a corner before setting up a great move that ended with a bad shot from Daichi Kamada.
But after contract talks stalled, Mateta scored. Another good pass from Wharton caused Leny Yoro to foul Mateta in the box. Mateta scored the penalty, but it was called back by VAR for touching the ball twice. A change in the rules now allows a re-take if the initial penalty is good, and Mateta scored again.
With Zirkzee isolated in attack, United couldn't respond and should have been further behind at halftime. Luke Shaw blocked a shot from Pino, and Eddie Nketiah hesitated when he had a clear chance on goal, and the chance was gone.
Henderson wore a baseball cap to shield his eyes from the sun, but he probably wasn't happy to let United tie the game eight minutes into the second half. Palace was caught off guard by a quick free kick from Bruno Fernandes, and Zirkzee chested the ball down and shot it into the far corner. He and the United fans were surprised.
After a scramble in front of the goal where Zirkzee almost scored on his own net, United's day got better. A few minutes later, Marc Guéhi fouled Zirkzee on the edge of Palace’s box. There was a pause in the wall when Fernandes passed the free kick to Mount, who scored past Henderson.
Without Sarr's speed, Palace barely had any more chances, and United held on for a big win.
EX-CAPTAIN NEVILLE CLAIMS SUBSTITUTIONS MADE MANCHESTER UNITED "WORSE" AGAINST WOLVES
Gary Neville slams Ruben Amorim’s "weird" substitutions and tactical shifts after Manchester United's 1-1 draw with bottom-side Wolves.
Gary Neville said that the performance of Manchester United in their match against winless Wolves was ‘the baddest of the bad.’
United would have moved fourth in the league with a win at Old Trafford last night, although Wolves, who had two points in 18 games before kickoff, ended their record of 11 straight losses with a 1-1 draw.
Amorim’s team had been knocked out of the Carabao Cup by a League Two team, Grimsby, in August, but Neville was convinced that United had hit rock bottom in a game that could have been even more one-sided were it not for two important saves by Senne Lammens.
“That was the baddest of the bad," the former United captain declared on the Gary Neville podcast.
“They weren’t just booed off at the final whistle. The fans waited in the stadium to continue to boo them. They’ve gone backwards.”
United had won at Newcastle 1-0 on Boxing Day, despite being plagued by an injury list that already lacked skipper Bruno Fernandes, Harry Maguire, and Matthijs de Ligt, as well as three players on African Cup of Nations duty.
But they remained flat right from the first whistle, and the header by Ladislav Krejci just before the half bottled Joshua Zirkzee's deflected shot.
Amorim’s formation choice of 3-4-3 was brought into focus once more as the Portuguese opted to go back to his preferred tactic of four at the back against Newcastle.
“This isn’t right. I’ve watched enough of United over the last five or six weeks to know what looks right and what isn’t right,” Neville had declared 20 minutes into his commentary on Sky Sports.
“Because, when I see that we go back (to three at the back) after five minutes tonight, I’m thinking, no, Ruben, why have you done that?
"The manager has to look at that and think, I got that wrong. I complicated it."
However, Amorim decided to substitute Zirkzee at halftime and brought on an 18-year-old Jack Fletcher, who made his third appearance at the senior level.
Regarding substitutions made by Amorim, Neville further added, “They made Manchester United worse. Every single substitution was ridiculous.”
‘If Zirkzee was injured, and it was a tactical substitution, that was a very poor one.’ But Zirkzee isn't Eric Cantona, not by a long shot, and he had to get out there for physicality, for presence, for experience.”
SEE LISANDRO MARTINEZ’S FURIOUS REACTION AFTER MAN UTD’S SHOCK WOLVES DRAW
Lisandro Martinez demands more after Man Utd’s 1-1 draw with bottom-placed Wolves. United ended 2025 sixth in the Premier League.
Stand-in captain Lisandro Martinez was mad that Manchester United dropped points against Wolves, who are at the bottom of the league.
United came into the last game of 2025 after a good win against Newcastle on Boxing Day and were expected to easily beat Wolves.
Joshua Zirkzee scored first for United, but they didn't take their chances. Ladislav Krejci's header tied the game for Wolves, 1-1.
It was only their third point in 19 games, and it stopped their 11-game losing streak. United fans booed at the end of the game.
When Martinez was asked if it felt like a disappointing point, he said, 100 percent.
We are very disappointed. We can't keep drawing or losing points at home. We have to win.
We want to be at the top, competing with the best.
We can't drop points in games like this. We just have to accept it and be hungry for the next game.
Martinez was captain again because Bruno Fernandes is still recovering from an injury.
When United coach Ruben Amorim was asked about injured players for the game against Leeds on Sunday, he didn't give much away. Leeds are really wanting to beat United for the first time since 2010.
Martinez said to MUTV, You can either make excuses, or you can be strong and say, 'We're dropping points, so we need to go for the next one and show what we can do.'
We need to work together and do the easy things to get the three points.
United is in sixth place in the league at the end of 2025, only two points behind Liverpool for the last Champions League spot. Liverpool has a game in hand.
They could be in a better position if they had been better in both boxes. Leeds has been playing well lately, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin doing great up front.
Martinez added, It's about us. I don't like to think about other teams.
I'm thinking about what we can do to get better as a team every day, and we have to learn from this game.
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