Crystal Palace lined up 361 at home with Andersen, Richards, Clyne at fullback, Mitchell, Munoz at wingback, Hughes, Wharton at the back and Eze, Olise, Mateta up front.
Manchester United played 4231 with Evans, Casemiro, Dalot, Wan-Bissaka at the back, Mainoo, Eriksen at the back, Mount at attacking midfield, Garnacho, Antony on the wings, and Højlund at the front.
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Manchester United are already a handicap. They have too many injuries. They can only ask Casemiro to fight with the center backs. Attacking midfielder B Faye also had to use Mount to stop. rashford was also injured. Crystal Palace saw this coming from the start and didn't hesitate to start attacking hard. They knew that as long as they continued to attack like this they would score
Olise got the ball upfield in the 11th minute. He opens up Casemiro, rushes up to intercept and then kills the box with the ball all the way. Although Mainoo was following him, he couldn't cut him off.Olise just took it to the box line and suddenly broke straight through to the far post with a low shot.
It's so easy to score, too. It's like United didn't have a defense.
United also tried to counterattack quickly, but the content was really messy. United were being pressed hard by Crystal Palace in midfield and the ball could only be split to the sides as quickly as possible once it reached midfield. This led to two wingers and wing backs receiving the ball without enough distance. It was still a long way from the penalty area, so they could only break through the barrier with the ball. However, United soon turned into a long pass that hit the wings. He tried to get the ball on one foot and sprint into the box. However, Anna is unlikely to be able to pick up high balls on the right flank like Crystal Palace's wing-backs and center-backs.
In the 40th minute before the end of the first half, United were robbed by Crystal Palace in midfield play. Richards crossed the ball straight down the center line. After taking the ball, mateta had an easy access to the box. Because dalot was out of position, mateta had an easy shot that led to a 2-0 lead
Things stayed the same at the start of the second half. United were clearly having problems with their ground distribution. If the wing backs couldn't maintain the passing lanes early, they couldn't just rely on their original three midfielders to get through the middle of the pitch. Crystal Palace looked on for some time before they continued to mount a furious attack. Crystal Palace started to get to United's half in 55 minutes, they kept coming up and shooting straight at the goal, United's two full backs and center backs were unable to restrict their shots. Anna attacked three times in three minutes at high speed, but eventually, they opened up an angle that was attempted to be pushed out before Crystal Palace were played into the box. Anna got tangled up with Dylan, resulting in Dylan failing to clear the ball
United were kept under heavy attack and then simply unable to resolve the situation. Whilst the wings and strikers were waiting for a counter-attack, the entire backline and the backs were unable to get the ball out in the form of a ground ball, with all long aerial passes being cleared. In the end, they were constantly pressured, leading to dropped balls
Ten Hagar can only switch to Amrabat and remove Anthony. United are moving forward with Mainoo in attacking midfield in the hope of bolstering the transport up front.
Initially, this substitution remained effective. United did start to push forward and caused a header from a right wing cross. However, on 65 minutes Crystal Palace struck back again when Casemiro initially chased down the left byline to clear the ball, Munoz pushed him slightly causing Casemiro to fall over completely. Munoz then returned the ball straight back and Olise came charging up and smashed a 17 yard shot straight down the right. The ball was so beautiful and fast that Onana couldn't get back to heaven
And just like that it was 4-0 to Crystal Palace. casemiro had a problem handling the ball. munoz had no obvious foul play and he met the ball. casemiro was unsteady with his weight and couldn't kick the ball out of bounds in the first instance.
At this point in the game, Crystal Palace had won, replaced Mateta and Hughes, replaced Eduard and Ridewald, and then dragged the clock out as United didn't play any decent offense until the end of the game, a full 90 minutes of total disintegration, so to speak.
The game was a rare and serious loss for United in the Premier League, although the season was coming to an end, the mentality of the United players had clearly given up, the overall running was completely overpowered by Crystal Palace, the counter-attacking process was almost non-existent, the ball was equal to not getting past the halfway line, Ten Hagar would be sacked but nothing else was announced, his place seemed less lost but United are clearly having a losing season now and the summer vacation is bound to be a personnel matter Fluctuations
