Manchester United, after beating Burnley at the weekend in the Premier League, defeated Crystal Palace (3-0) with goals from Alejandro Garnacho, Casemiro and Anthony Martial, and reached the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey. League.
In their debut in the competition – in this round the English teams that play in Europe entered – United, with many changes in the eleven, left the match facing a fairly good first half from Erik Ten Hag’s team, who by One night they forgot about the extra-sports problems that surround them.
Even without Jadon Sancho in the squad, separated due to his anger with Ten Hag and without wanting to apologize, United made many changes compared to the weekend and rested Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes and Rasmus Hojlund, who only played the final minutes , among others.
This allowed Alejandro Garnacho and Facundo Pellistri to appear on the wings, who were in charge of creating the first goal. The Argentine changed the game to the right wing, where Pellistri lowered the ball and unloaded it for the entry of Dalot, who led and looked for a back pass that Garnacho collected from the ground into the net. His first goal in a United shirt since last May.
The goal threw Palace into disarray and allowed Mason Mount to invent a spectacular pass between the lines that left Pellistri alone in front of Johnstone. A late tackle by a Palace defender prevented the Uruguayan from scoring, but the subsequent corner was finished off with powerful power by Casemiro.
The Brazilian, already in the second half, launched a beautiful pass for Martial to score his first goal of the season and United sealed the match that gave them access to the round of 16 of the competition they won last year.
In the rest of the matches played this Tuesday, Burnley beat Salford (0-4), Luton Town lost to Exeter, from League One (1-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers fell to Ipswich Town (3- 2), Middlesbrough defeated Bradford City (0-2), Port Vale eliminated Sutton (2-1) and Mansfield defeated Peterborough (3-2). EFE
2023-09-26 23:47:19
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