Manchester United Down 0-1 From Crystal Palace's Hands At Old Trafford

Joachim Anderson is the hero of Crystral Palace's victory at Old Trafford. (photo: Twitter @CPFC)

Manchester United suffered their fourth defeat this season in the Premier League. Joachim Anderson's quick goal gave Crystal Palace a 1-0 win at Old Trafford Stadium on Saturday, November 30.

After feeling the defeat in the previous league home game against Brighton, the hosts who appeared below standard were once again left behind in the 25th minute when Joachim Anderson fired into the top corner of the net.

With plenty of time to find an equalizer goal at home, a chance that clearly fails to be exploited and a final finish far from the target comes between the rainlights accompanying the chaos of Manchester. Meanwhile, the goalkeeper of The Eagles, Sam Johnstone, enjoyed a quiet day.

Mason Mount missed United's best chance in the second half, while Palace managed to keep the win that saw them move up to ninth in the standings, one place above the Premier League ten-time champions.

In a comfortable opening session like their midweek win, United started by attacking and dominating early possession. However, they conceded their first major chance when Marc Guehi released a fine crossing into Andersen which went wide in the 11th minute.

Moments later, Guehi was caught by a bouncing ball into a Palace box fired by Rasmus Hojlund, able to be cleared by Tyrick Mitchell on the line.

The extraordinary technique shown by Andersen's centre-back was not lucky when he scored United's goal after 26 minutes.

Eberechi Eze's free header from the right avoided everyone, including Hojlund's weak attempt to head home, until the ball was met by a brilliant volley by the Danish defender into the top corner of the net.

The goal boosted Palace's confidence after United's quick attack saw Casemiro firing a long-range shot but narrowly wide. United's game was too divided and attacks failed too often when the ball reached Casemiro who lost control on midfield.

Pressure on the Eagles box continued after a pause with persistent passes sent from the depths and always handled well by the Palace defense. One of the passes hit Joel Ward's hand, provoking violent penalty protests, but neither referee Chris Kavanagh nor VAR did budge because his arm was on the side of a move far from being intentional.

Mount wasted the opportunity in the 70th minute when he met Diogo Dalot's cross without a control at the near post but tried to put his header into the sky - and only managed to land it on Line F.

Palace escaped through two dangerous deflections from Alejandro Garnacho's low pass before Ten Hag replaced Marcus Rashford and Mount in the last ten minutes.

However, the Eagles managed to overcome a series of long passes thrown into their box for three points and winning an important win this season.