Crystal Palace has put Manchester United between a rock and a hard place and with its chances of being in Europe in question, after a shameful performance in south London in which Oliver Glasner’s men beat 4-0 in a master class by Michael Olise and a disastrous game by Casemiro.
The Brazilian, guilty of several Palace goals, completed one of his worst games in a Manchester United shirt and left Selhurst Park very marked, a field where Erik Ten Hag’s team may have left their European hopes behind.
With three games left in the league, they are eighth, with the same points as Chelsea and two behind Newcastle, which is sixth, the position that gives access to the Conference League.
If Ten Hag had any hope of continuing next season, the last few games are putting an end to it and what he experienced at Selhurst Park means that the Dutchman almost left Old Trafford on his own initiative.
Because his defense was already portrayed from the beginning of the match, when Olise left Eriksen, he sat Casemiro on the ground with only his eyes and had no opposition to reach inside the area and beat André Onana with a cross shot.
Casemiro, who has been playing in the last games as a center back due to the plague of injuries in that position, lived his first nightmare of the night, but not the last for a defense that Palace blurred very easily.
Before the break, Jean-Phillipe Mateta, this team’s top scorer since Glasner arrived, dribbled with great simplicity past Jonny Evans and nailed the ball with a brutal shot into Onana’s near post.
There it was already tangible that United would leave Selhurst Park empty. They annulled the 1-1 against Rasmus Hojlund for a foul on the Palace goalkeeper, another against Casemiro for offside and Olise could have increased his score, with a trio of chances that between Onana and Mateta himself thwarted.
But it was in the second half when United’s defeat became embarrassing.
Tyrick Mitchell took advantage of a bad clearance by Diogo Dalot to make it 3-0 and Casemiro was once again in evidence at 4-0, when Daniel Muñoz stole the ball from him on the baseline, despite the fact that the Brazilian had a big advantage, he He gave it to Olise and he scored another great goal.
Palace had completely upset United and they were lucky that the defeat did not go too far and they remained at 4-0 enough to call into question the end of the Manchester team’s campaign and their chances of being in Europe next season. comes.
United’s current eighth position would be the worst in its history in the Premier, if it ends like this, surpassing seventh in the 2013-2014 season.
To make amends for this, United have to host Arsenal on Sunday, play Newcastle United at home and close the league in Brighton.
– Datasheet:
4 – Crystal Palace: Henderson; Muñoz, Clyne (Guehi, m.78), Andersen, Richards, Mitchell; Wharton, Hughes (Riedewald, m.68); Olise (Schlupp, m.85), Eze (Ayew, m.85) y Mateta (Edouard, m.68).
0 – Manchester United: Onana; Wan-Bissaka, Casemiro, Evans, Dalot; Mainoo, Eriksen, Mount (Traore, m.80); Antony (Amrabat, m.60), Grenache and Hojlund (Wheatley, m.80).
Goals: 1-0 Olise, m.12, 2-0. Mateta, m.40, 3-0. Mitchell, m.58 and 4-0. Olise, m.
Referee: Jarred Gillet. He cautioned Edouard (m.88) for Crystal Palace and Amrabat (m.69) for Manchester United.
Incidents: Match corresponding to matchday 35 of the Premier League played at Selhurst Park (London). EFE
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