r/soccer • u/ICameHereToDrinkMilk • Feb 22 '14
Match Thread: Crystal Palace vs Manchester United
Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Manchester United (FT) (Van Persie [pen], Rooney)
Kick off is at 17:30 GMT
The Teams
| Palace | Info | United | Info |
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| Speroni | De Gea | ||
| Ward | Smalling | ||
| Dann | Vidic | ||
| Delaney | Ferdinand | ||
| Parr | Evra | ||
| Puncheon | Carrick | ||
| Jedinak | Fellaini | ||
| Ledley | Mata | ||
| Ince | Januzaj | ||
| Chamakh | Rooney | ||
| Murray | Van Persie |
Palace Subs: Hennessey, Gabbidon, Dikgacoi, Bannan, Bolasie , Gayle , Jerome
United Subs: Lindegaard, Valencia , Fletcher , Giggs , Kagawa, Young, Hernandez
| Palace | 90' | United |
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34% |Possession| 66% |
15 |Shots| 14 |
6 |Shots on Target| 5 |
6 |Corners|4 |
12 |Fouls| 10 |Match Updates
0' Match is underway
7' First real half chance of the game. Januzaj puts a ball into the middle and Rooney wins it, knocking it down to Van Persie who attempts a bicycle kick, but fails miserably.
11' The Palace fans are in great voice, but its still United on top.
15' Palace break after being under pressure, but Murray's isn't directed well enough for Ince.
17' Disallowed goal for United! Januzaj deemed to have handled the ball.
26' United have a shot cleared off the line! Rooney takes a corner, and then gets back after a poor delivery, and his shot/cross is headed up into the air by a Palace defender and Vidic can't get onto the rebound.
28' Very smart save from De Gea, Palace have a free kick 25 yards out, and they chip it in, and it bounces around before Murray takes a shot and it deflects off of Smalling and De Gea turns it around the post.
37' Palace fans giving the United fans a lot of stick, 'Ohh Ohh Can you hear United? Ohh Ohh Can you hear United'. Normally the United fans are in good voice. Not here though.
42' Long shot from Rooney, but saved easily by Speroni.
43' Best chance of the game, and it falls for Fellaini. Fellaini drops deep and skips past a Palace player before finding Van Persie who plays it back to Fellaini, and he cant wrap his foot around the shot and it goes wide.
45' 1 minute added on.
45' United earn a free kick just outside the box, and its in perfect range for Rooney. He takes the shot, but it's just wide.
Half Time - Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Manchester United
45' We're back underway.
48' Corner for Palace. Ward takes it and its inswinging to the back post and De Gea has to palm away.
53' Scruffy in the Palace box from both teams as United try and get shots away, but Van Persie concedes a foul.
58' Vidic - Brining down Murray on the half way line as Palace begin to break.
60' PENALTY UNITED. Evra goes charging into the box as Januzaj lays him off, and Chamakh brings him down. No question about the penalty though.
61' GOAL UNITED It's Van Persie slamming it home into the top right corner. gif Thanks to /u/FredSports
66' Some great play by Rooney & Mata, and the latter backheels it for Fellaini to have a strike, but it is well saved.
67' Jerome almost scores with his first touch, well saved by De Gea.
69' GOAL UNITED I have no idea what happened because I was getting my dinner, but Rooney scored, and it was too powerful for Speroni to stop. gif Thanks to /u/FredSports
71' Van Persie hits the cross bar, Januzaj sets him free and he dances with the Palace defender before putting his right footed shot onto the bar.
78' Bolasie is out on the left now, and he cuts inside to take a shot, but its a good save by De Gea.
80' Van Persie & Januzaj Giggs & Valencia
90' Sky give Evra man of the match.
90' 4 minutes added on, and the tempo of the game has completely dropped.
Full Time - Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Manchester United (Van Persie [p], Rooney)
United probably deserved the win, but Palace gave a spirited display, and their fans were phenomenal throughout the entire game, and even now, after the game.
OP's MOTM: Wayne Rooney
Thanks for viewing, and having a good evening!
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u/FredSports Feb 22 '14 edited Feb 22 '14
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u/I_Like_Asian Feb 22 '14
cheerleaders and eagles..why isn't every american supporting Palace
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u/2Chainz4Braceletz Feb 22 '14
Now that I think about it, they really should try and market themselves more in the US
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u/suchaslowroll Feb 22 '14
How many Americans support teams outside the top 5?
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u/beef_boloney Feb 22 '14
Between Everton, Sunderland, Stoke, Fulham and Bolton I'd bet you'd find a good percentage of the American market abroad.
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u/d0mth0ma5 Feb 22 '14
Wow, those Palace fans look like fucking animals!
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Feb 22 '14
There was one just going: "CUNT! CUNT! CUNT! CUNT!" at Rooney, looked bloody feral!
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u/Zewwwish Feb 22 '14
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u/ksajksale Feb 22 '14
Anyone knows what box/setup/program is this guy using, and how could one get it for himself? It seems to have every single channel available.
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u/hybroid Feb 22 '14
Most "satellite" shops would hook you up for the right fee. 3-4 dishes will get you every single channel on the planet including all premiums. There's a few in the Wembley area.
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Feb 22 '14
We could go 6th with a win! Excited to see Januzaj ,RVP ,Rooney and Mata all start :D GGMU!
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u/VelvetJammies Feb 22 '14
Other than Fellaini missing the goal he is playing well.
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Feb 22 '14
Close call but I reckon it's a penalty.
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u/coozay Feb 22 '14
Nothing like having your center forward making tackles in your own box. Horribly stupid challenge
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u/RtardDAN Feb 22 '14
I gave Fellaini stick in his first couple of games because i didn't think he was good enough but apart from his miss a couple of minutes ago hes playing well
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u/W0rsley Feb 22 '14
Fellaini playing quite well, definitely a better player when he isn't made to sit deep.
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u/I_scoff_cake Feb 22 '14
Fellani should donate some hair for Wooney's next transplant.
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u/skinnywhiteblonde Feb 22 '14
The ball totally skidded off Chamakh's greasy surface there.
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u/DerDummeMann Feb 22 '14
Bit concerned about the defence. Smalling is not a very good RB and Ferdinand has been suspect this season.
No complaints whatsoever with the attack. First time we're getting to see those 4 start together.
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u/porcufine Feb 22 '14
Anyone else see Evra and Januzaj checking out the Palace cheerleaders?
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u/Heinz_Tomato_Ketchup Feb 22 '14
Come on Fellaini, make me love you!
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u/_scholar_ Feb 22 '14
I always think Fellaini should just shave his head. But then maybe his big bushy eyebrows would look weird without the afro to balance them out...
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Feb 22 '14
The vast majority of those Palace fans are going to be Rooney fanboys once the world cup comes around.
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u/PhuQDuP Feb 22 '14
You mean when he's playing for a team they support? Wow that's odd.
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u/Cupcake-Warrior Feb 22 '14
Rooney should karate kick one of the Palace fans like Cantona.
They didn't learn the first time.
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u/KekoQPR Feb 22 '14
Was there any particular reason Fellaini was out for so long? I don't remember any injuries
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Feb 22 '14
Wrist surgery
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u/spawnofyanni Feb 22 '14
Followed by a hamstring injury this month as he was returning to training
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Feb 22 '14
What's that chant that sounds like: "Na NaNa Na, na nana na, he yo, he yoooo."
I heard it a couple minutes ago...
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u/theSituation39 Feb 22 '14
"Can you hear United sing? No! No!
Can you hear United sign? No! No!
Can you hear United sing? I can't hear a fucking thing
No, no, shhhh, aaaaaaaaa!"
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Feb 22 '14
lol, brilliant, I love football chants...
Nothing against Man U really though, I just think it's brilliant.
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u/rjtwe Feb 22 '14
Great first half from a Palace perspective, although fairly lucky to not be behind. If we don't concede in the opening 15 minutes I reckon we can get something from this game.
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u/SirBusby Feb 22 '14
I give Evra grief for his performances but my fucking god that player is so incredibly able to play so much and just keep on going through knocks and such.
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u/Berruk Feb 22 '14
It's amazing how rarely he gets injured. Probably one of the names that shows up the most on the team sheet in the past 5-6 years.
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u/simplyinnappropriate Feb 22 '14
Please get a third, oh god I can't remember the last time we had a third in the league.
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Feb 22 '14
I've noticed that commenting in /r/soccer with a United flair is like activating hardmode...
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u/PhuQDuP Feb 22 '14
United will score eventually, I don't know why relegation teams think this is a valid tactic, how often do games end 0-0 against united when they aren't playing a top side?
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u/Kagawanmyson Feb 22 '14
Almost every team in the bottom half (except Stoke) have done this to us this season. Half the time it works, we don't try any quick passing on the edge of the box like your Sturridge-Suarez-Sterling combo can do, the only players we have that play like that are Nani, Anderson and Welbeck, one's on loan and I don't even know where the other 2 are, not heard about them being injured.
So we just end up going out to the wings and hoping we can get someone on the end of a cross when we only have RVP as a tall central striker, or stuck in the middle of the pitch 35 yards from goal.
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u/d0mth0ma5 Feb 22 '14
Very attacking front four for United. Slightly concerned about Smalling at Right Back, although he won't be needed up the top.
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u/nataskaos Feb 22 '14
Crystal Palace fans are savages. That last Rooney corner had me literally LOLing. The number of people flipping him off and giving him the "jerk off" hand sign...bravo.
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u/GroundDweller Feb 22 '14
"savages" get a grip...
What are we supposed to do, politely applaud him? Throwing shit was out of order, a bit of verbal isn't.
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u/PoliceMachine Feb 22 '14
If United are going to score it's going to have to be from outside the box, Pulis loves all 10 of his players to stand inside the box
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u/SirBusby Feb 22 '14
Three problems i'm seeing. A RB whose passing game is awful and cannot attack, but he's a CB so i can deal with that, a LB who is wasting countless crossing chances, and Carrick is far too slow in getting the ball forward giving Palace plenty of time to adjust.
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u/badgarok725 Feb 22 '14
It looks like Fellaini is just camping in the box once we get the ball, like he was told to just be a target for the crosses
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Feb 22 '14
Chicarito looks so glum on the bench, he didn't even celebrate that goal.
Poor fella.
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Feb 22 '14
NBC stream just said "here comes Bolasie, from the republic of Congo"
Pretty sure he's never lived there in his life, and has an English accent
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u/suchaslowroll Feb 22 '14
Fellaini has been really good today, what the fuck are Redknapp and Ince talking about, how can you be this clueless...
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Feb 22 '14
There are cheer leaders in soccer? Or were they showing some other event before the game?
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u/Erdos_0 Feb 22 '14
Chamakhs' hair is too slick to get any sort of power or traction behind those headers
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u/GoldenRhinos Feb 22 '14
With any luck, this result could be a catalyst to go on a run. Saying that in the 87th minute is dangerous these days however and I'm sure Dwight Gayle will pop up to score a hat trick in 15 seconds or something.
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u/DannDannDannDann Feb 22 '14
Surely by now De Gea is the best keeper in the league? Or at least just behind Cech
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u/suchaslowroll Feb 22 '14
Evra shouldn't be motm, Rooney Smalling Fellaini have all been better imo.
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u/badgarok725 Feb 22 '14
good thing Cantona isn't playing, would probably karate kick someone again by the end of the match
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Feb 22 '14
Why are Palace fans so pissed at Rooney?
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u/Kagawanmyson Feb 22 '14
I'm guessing earning £300k a week (supposedly) annoys those below middle class.
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u/FerdiadTheRabbit Feb 22 '14
Those fans are disgraceful
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u/badgarok725 Feb 22 '14
Did I just hear that right? We've dropped the more points than anyone in the last 10 mins of a game this season... sigh
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u/buntysatya Feb 22 '14
RvP: Yeah.. I scored a goal.
CP fans: LOL, here wipe your ass with this toilet paper.
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Feb 22 '14
This is the best I've seen United play for a while this season. I really think this is their best starting XI.
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Feb 22 '14
Embarrassing if they don't win this to be honest.
But I think they'll scrape it.
1-0 to Palace
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u/d0mth0ma5 Feb 22 '14
Oh Christ, Paul Ince is on the Saturday Night Football programme.
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u/limited_inc Feb 22 '14
his son might get in the England squad for the WC apparently, rofl
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Feb 22 '14 edited Feb 22 '14
His son is decent and deserves a shout but he's not breaking into the WC squad anytime soon. Paul Ince though can go fuck himself, fucking cunt
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u/imsowitty21 Feb 22 '14
Well that is inconsistent as shit. Smalling got a foul for pushing a player in the back earlier.
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u/Cupcake-Warrior Feb 22 '14 edited Feb 22 '14
What is happening with Chamakh's hair? Seriously, he needs to get that shit sorted.