Man Utd Lose Further Floor In Title Race
04 March, 2021
Premier League
Report: Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester United
Date: 03 March 2021
Venue: Selhurst Park
Manchester United endured a good frustrating evening at Selhurst Park after using to a goalless draw against Crystal Palace on Wednesday night.
Man United made four improvements from the goalless draw at Chelsea, seeing that shot-stopper Dean Henderson got a surprise start alongside the go back of Eric Bailly, Nemanja Matic and Edinson Cavani.
Matic came close to giving the Red Devils an early on lead in the 12th minute with a powerful strike from spectrum that was heading towards the top corner but goalkeeper Vicente Guaita tipped his effort over the bar.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's charges were pressurising Palace from then on, pinning them back in their own half but they cannot penetrate their resolute defence.
Roy Hodgson's guys were fancying their possibilities on the break in the closing period of the initially stanza however the likes of Christian Benteke, Andros Townsend and Eberechi Eze struggled to test Henderson.
Neither side had the momentum on the first exchanges of the second stanza with the mist more than the pitch getting so heavy, making the players battle to see one another clearly.
Patrick van Aanholt had a large prospect to steal all of the three points for Palace within the last minute after going sharp on goal but Henderson rushed off his collection to block his shot to ensure both sides claimed a good talk about of the spoils.
Due to this fact, United stay in second place, 14 points behind Manchester City ahead of the Manchester derby on Sunday evening.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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