Crystal Palace trim Man United wings at Selhurst Park

Crystal Palace trim Man United wings at Selhurst Park

Man United are now tied with their noisy neighbours – Manchester City on 39 points in the English Premier League table after Crystal Palace managed to trim their wings to secure a 1- 1 draw at Selhurst Park on Wednesday night.Crystal Palace trim Man United wings at Selhurst Park

The draw takes the Red Devils to the third position on the log after 19 matches, with Manchester city still having one outstanding match Arsenal is still at the zenith of the English Premier League log with 47 points in 18 matches.

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Portuguese International – Bruno Fernandez, shot Manchester United to the lead in 44th minutes of the first half after receiving a pass from Danish midfielder, Christian Eriksen, in Crystal Palace eighteen yard box.

The goal was the result of a link up between Christian Eriksen and Marcus Rashford before the former Tottenham star released a final pass to Bruno Fernandez who wasted no time to blast the ball into Crystal Palace net.

Man United Goalkeeper – David De Gea, had earlier pulled off a finger tip save to send a flying ball over the bar for his team in 39th minutes of the first half.

This was after Crystal Palace Odsonne Eduouard released a thurnder bolt off Michael Olise’s brilliant pass.

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Surprisingly, Super Eagles hopeful – Michael Olise, pulled off a stoppage time equaliser for Crystal Palace to earn them a draw in the extra time of the match with a brilliant free-kick outside Manchester United eighteen yard box.

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