Manchester United v Crystal Palace, 30 September 2017

Score	4-0 to Manchester United
Referee	Mike Dean
Competition	Premier League
Venue	Old Trafford
Attendance	75,118

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Kick-off: 3.00pm Manchester United had yet to lose a Premier League game against Crystal Palace (won 14, drawn three) to create a new competition record for most games without losing to a single opponent.

4 Manchester United

0 Crystal Palace

Goals:

Juan Mata		3
Marouane Fellaini		35
Marouane Fellaini		49
Romelu Lukaku		86

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper David De Gea

Defender Chris Smalling

Defender/Midfielder Phil Jones

Defender/Midfielder Nemanja Matić

Defender/Midfielder Antonio Valencia

Defender/Midfielder/Forward Ashley Young

Midfielder Marouane Fellaini

Midfielder Juan Mata

Midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Midfielder/Forward Marcus Rashford

Forward Romelu Lukaku

Starting lineup:

Wayne Hennessey Goalkeeper

Mamadou Sakho Defender

Patrick Van Aanholt Defender

Joel Ward Defender

Damien Delaney Defender/Midfielder

Jeffrey Schlupp Defender/Midfielder

Yohan Cabaye Midfielder

Luka Milivojević Midfielder

Jason Puncheon Midfielder

Andros Townsend Midfielder

Bakary Sako Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Jesse Lingard for Henrikh Mkhitaryan	66
Anthony Martial for Marcus Rashford	72
Ander Herrera for Juan Mata	77

Substitutions:

James McArthur for Jeffrey Schlupp	68
Jaïro Riedewald for Jason Puncheon	69
Freddie Ladapo for Bakary Sako	74

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Sergio Romero

Defender Eric Bailly

Defender Matteo Darmian

Defender/Midfielder Daley Blind

Midfielder Ander Herrera

Midfielder/Forward Jesse Lingard

Forward Anthony Martial

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Julián Speroni

Defender Martin Kelly

Defender Jaïro Riedewald

Midfielder James McArthur

Midfielder Jordon Mutch

Midfielder/Forward LEE Chung-yong

Forward Freddie Ladapo

Comments:

League position: 2nd Romelu Lukaku equalled Andy Cole's club record of scoring seven goals in their first seven appearances in the Premier League. Juan Mata made his 200th Premier League appearance in this game to become the seventh Spaniard to reach this mark. The Red Devils had now kept five consecutive clean sheets in the Premier League at Old Trafford for the first time since 21 March 2010 under Sir Alex Ferguson. Manchester United manager José Mourinho said: "Three points were very important. I told the players we had to respect and play seriously against an opponent in a difficult situation but are better than the results are saying. Probably the result is bigger than our performance because I don't think our performance was consistent. We had good periods, good moments, always control of the game but I think we could do better."

Comments:

League position: 20th Crystal Palace had now lost eight consecutive league games without scoring; the joint-longest such run in league history (also Hartlepool United in 1970 and 1993 and Sunderland in 1977). The Eagles became only the second team to lose their opening seven games in a Premier League season (also Portsmouth in 2009-10 who went on to be relegated). Palace had now failed to score in 11 of their last 12 games in the Premier League. Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson said: "We took a lot of blows, with Scott Dann being injured yesterday and Damien Delaney having to come in because James Tomkins was sick. With Christian Benteke injured, we have Bakary Sako up front in a position he hasn't really played before. When you add all of these things together, with Wilf Zaha and Pape Souare still missing, and Ruben Loftus-Cheek was out injured as well, and I feel we have to accept that at the moment we are the boxer who is fighting in a weight class that he is perhaps not able to handle at this moment."