MAN UNITED 1, CRYSTAL PALACE 0 Substitute Juan Mata, squeezed out of Manchester United’s starting line up in recent weeks, spared the blushes as the Spanish midfield man scored their match-winning goal against Crystal Palace. It looked as though Palace would pinch a point at Old Trafford until Mata, last season’s £37.8million capture from Chelsea,, struck midway through […]
Crystal Palace
Yaya Toure returns to vanquish Crystal Palace and help Manchester City take control of the Barclays Premier League title race
CRYSTAL PALACE 0, MANCHESTER CITY 2 Yaya Toure returned from injury to power Manchester City back to Pole Position for the Barclays Premier League with just three games to go. The ebbing and flowing title race took another turn when City took to the pitch on Sunaday afternoon knowing that wily master tactician Jose Mourinho […]
Rooney cashes in as United return to winning ways against Crystal Palace
CRYSTAL PALACE 0, MANCHESTER UNITED 2 A Robin Van Persie penalty and a Wayne Rooney strike in the second half secured a 2-0 victory for Manchester United at Selhurst Park against Crystal Palace. The win ended a three match winless run for David Moyes’ men but Palace made United work for their victory ahead of […]
Manuel Pellegrini lauds Joe Hart’s Palace performance
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has praised Joe Hart’s man of the match performance in City’s 1-0 win over Crystal Palace at the Etihad today. The City ‘keeper kept a clean sheet and stayed on the pitch despite a horrific looking injury sustained following contact with Cameron Jerome’s knee while bravely diving to grab the […]
Controversial penalty helps United as Moyes finally wins at Old Trafford
MANCHESTER UNITED 2, CRYSTAL PALACE 0 Manchester United secured a comfortable 2-0 home win after a controversial opening goal just before half time which saw a debatable penalty given and a Crystal Palace man sent off before Wayne Rooney, sporting a customised headband following his recent head injury, finished off a defiant Palace with a […]