Ralf Rangnick ‘s reign at Manchester United got off to a winning beginning as Fred ‘s late winner overcame a stubborn Crystal Palace 1-0 at Old Trafford. Rangnick looked set to endure a thwart first outing as United interim director as Palace weathered an early onslaught before staging another dogged defensive display at a ground where they were unbeaten in their previous two visits .
But the Eagles ‘ resistance was broken 13 minutes from prison term when Fred curled his second Premier League goal of the season into the top corner of the Palace net income with his unfavoured right kick.

For Palace, Fred ‘s achiever was compounded by the fact it came less than two minutes after Jordan Ayew had squandered their best chance of winning at Old Trafford for the second base consecutive temper. The victory extends United ‘s post-Ole Gunnar Solskjaer unbeaten run in all competitions to four matches and lifts them up to sixth in the Premier League, three points outside the top four, while Palace drop a invest to 12th after suffering their third gear uncoiled get the better of.

Player ratings

Man Utd: De Gea ( 6 ), Dalot ( 6 ), Lindelof ( 7 ), Maguire ( 7 ), Alex Telles ( 6 ), McTominay ( 6 ), Fred ( 8 ), Sancho ( 6 ), Fernandes ( 6 ), Rashford ( 5 ), Ronaldo ( 6 ).

Subs: Greenwood ( 6 ), Elanga ( 5 ), Van de Beek ( n/a ).

Crystal Palace: Guaita ( 6 ), Mitchell ( 6 ), Tomkins ( 7 ), Guehi ( 7 ), Clyne ( 6 ), Gallagher ( 6 ), Kouyate ( 6 ), Schlupp ( 6 ), Ayew ( 6 ), Zaha ( 5 ), Benteke ( 5 ).

Subs: Edouard ( 5 ), Olise ( n/a ), Eze ( n/a ),

Man of the Match: Fred

How Rangnick got off the mark at Man Utd

Ralf Rangnick
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Ralf Rangnick on the touchline at Old Trafford
Rangnick was cutting to downplay the speed with which his appointment could transform United ‘s fortunes, but despite having had a mere handful of training sessions to impart his philosophy, there were visible signs of improvement from the beginning .
palace were overwhelm early on by United ‘s high crusade and exchangeable attack, which closely delivered the discovery after six minutes when Alex Telles whistled a shoot inches wide of the top corner .

Team news

  • Ralf Rangnick stuck with the Man Utd side that beat Arsenal for his first match as interim manager at Old Trafford.
  • Patrick Vieira made two alterations from Crystal Palace defeat at Leeds, as Christian Benteke and Nathaniel Clyne replaced Odsonne Edouard and the suspended Joel Ward.

Despite this, there was a timely reminder of United ‘s susceptibility to the counter, as the returning christian Benteke was played through on goal and forced David de Gea into his first save a minute former. After Cristiano Ronaldo had flashed a free-kick over the bar, the portuguese brought Bruno Fernandes ‘ diagonal ball down on his breast in the area, but Palace centre-back Marc Guehi intervened with a last-gasp blocking to prevent his volley from finding the net income. Vicente Guaita prevented Ronaldo from converting from Marcus Rashford ‘s cutback before a stun goalmouth headroom from James Tomkins turned Fred ‘s force away, good as it appeared to be nestling in the lead corner .
Jadon Sancho in action with Jeffrey Schlupp and Nathaniel Clyne during Manchester United's game vs Crystal Palace
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Jadon Sancho in action with Jeffrey Schlupp and Nathaniel Clyne
Ronaldo ‘s exalted knockdown for Fernandes ‘ natural volley saw United impel another save from Guaita, but, having spent the majority of the beginning one-half on the back foot, Palace emerged from the defensive examen unscathed and with new-found confidence, albeit without creating a clear open. United could have snatched the lead on the stroke of half-time but Diogo Dalot whistled a shoot good broad. The hosts, who having won possession six times in the opening 25 minutes, were stymied by a tactical deepen from Palace which changed the complexion of the contest in the second one-half .
Wilfried Zaha battles for possession with Bruno Fernandes durng Manchester United vs Crystal Palace
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Wilfried Zaha battles for possession with Bruno Fernandes
United looked out of ideas while searching for the discovery, with Telles ‘ free-kick which clipped the crossbar one of their few chances. Things could have taken a change by reversal for the worse had Ayew converted from all of three yards after receiving Tomkins ‘ knockdown in the United area, but he could alone flash a shot agonisingly across the face of goal. And within two minutes, Palace were made to pay, as substitute Mason Greenwood rolled the ball into the path of Fred, who produced an inerrable finish into the top corner to ensure Rangnick got off to the arrant startle.

Fred celebrates scoring for Manchester United vs Crystal Palace
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Fred celebrates scoring for Manchester United five Crystal Palace

What did Rangnick change?

Sky Sports ‘ Nick Wright : “ The organization, for a starting signal. Manchester United were set up in a 4-2-2-2 formation out of possession, with Rashford partnering Ronaldo improving front, although all their attackers had license to interchange positions when United had the ball. “ There was besides, as expected, an increased vehemence on pressing high up the pitch. United won possession in the final third base 12 times in total, according to Opta – that ‘s closely twice ampere many as they have managed in any other Premier League crippled all season. “ The full-backs provided the width, with Alex Telles in particular given license to bomb forward. It seems he may have an important function to play under the modern knob. “ The side ‘s performance tailed off slightly in the moment half but Fred ‘s superb assume made the deviation and United fans can feel pretty encouraged by what they saw overall. ”

Ralf secures rare clean sheet – Match stats

  • Manchester United kept their first clean sheet at Old Trafford in all competitions since April against Granada in the Europa League (2-0), having conceded in 15 consecutive home matches prior to today.
  • Manchester United have lost just two of their 25 Premier League matches against Crystal Palace (W18 D5), keeping a clean sheet in their last two league games against the Eagles.
  • Following today’s win for Ralf Rangnick, six of the last seven managers (incl. caretakers) have won their first game in charge of Manchester United in all competitions, with Louis van Gaal being the only exception during this period
  • Crystal Palace have lost three consecutive Premier League games, having lost just two of their first 12 league matches this season (W3 D7).

What the managers said…

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Ralph Rangnick was very quenched following his first base gain as Manchester United interim coach against Crystal Palace .
Man Utd interim manager Ralf Rangnick: “ I ‘m more than happy. First of all, most importantly, we won the game. second, we had a blank sheet, third I think we no doubt deserved to win, because we had dominance of the game. “ I suppose it ( United ‘s self-control ) was more than 60 per penny, and we did n’t give them that many chances to score. To be honest I was positively surprised by the performance of the players. I did n’t expect us to play at that floor after only one-and-a-half train days together with them. “ The beginning half-hour was perplex, it was high intensity, high gear speed, senior high school tempo – the only thing that was missing was scoring one or two goals. ” Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video musician
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Patrick Vieira says that his Crystal Palace team want to learn fast following their 1-0 passing to Manchester United .
Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira: “ It was n’t our best performance. We defended well as a team but in possession we were n’t brave enough. I strongly believe there was quad for us to play well. “ I thought the game would end as a draw ; both teams did n’t create many chances. When we had the opportunity to score through Jordan [ Ayew ], we did n’t take it and we got punish uncoiled away. This is the higher level, we need to learn, we need to learn fast. “ When you look at the number of chances they created, I think a draw would have been a fair resultant role. I ‘m disappoint with the consequence, but we have to keep work. ”

Man of the Match – Fred

Fred has scored doubly in 12 Premier League matches this season, arsenic many as he scored in 76 appearances in his first three seasons in the competition with Manchester United advance.

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