On the day Marcus Rashford edged nearer to a departure from Previous Trafford, Manchester United lacked a leading edge up entrance in a 2-0 house loss to Crystal Palace within the Premier League.
There was extra unhealthy information Sunday for United with a tearful Lisandro Martinez carried off on a stretcher with a left knee damage – the most recent damage to afflict the Argentina defender.
Jean-Philippe Mateta scored each targets within the second half for Palace to finish United’s three-match successful run in all competitions – a streak coming after Ruben Amorim had referred to as his staff “the worst staff, possibly, within the historical past of Manchester United.”
The Amorim period seems set to be with out Rashford, at the very least till the tip of the season, with the ahead reportedly present process a medical examination at Aston Villa forward of sealing a mortgage transfer with a view to a everlasting switch.
Even with striker Rashford absent, Amorim fielded a staff with no out-and-out striker and didn’t create many good possibilities in opposition to Palace, which picked off United on the counterattack. Mateta’s targets got here within the sixty fourth and 89th minutes.
United was overtaken by Palace and dropped to thirteenth within the standings – one place and two factors forward of Tottenham, which received 2-0 at Brentford to finish a four-match shedding run within the league and ease some stress on supervisor Ange Postecoglou.
Vitaly Janelt scored an own-goal at a nook to place Tottenham forward and Pape Sarr added the second objective within the 87th.
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