Zirkzee and Mount inspire a Manchester United comeback as Palace's home run ends
Manchester United finally banished Selhurst Park’s troubles with a stirring second-half comeback, overturning Crystal Palace’s deserved interval lead to win 2-1 and move back above Oliver Glasner’s side in the Premier League table. Jean-Philippe Mateta’s twice-taken penalty had capped a dominant first 45 minutes for Palace, who seemed on course to extend an unbeaten home league run stretching back to February.
But after the break, Ruben Amorim’s team, so flat and fragile in an awful first half, transformed the contest. Joshua Zirkzee ended a year-long wait for a Premier League goal with a vicious finish from a seemingly impossible angle before Mason Mount, from a cleverly worked free-kick, drove home the winner nine minutes later. United, who had not scored at this ground since January 2023 and had not won here since July 2020, survived a late flurry of Palace set plays to leave south London with a vital win that checked Palace’s push for the top four and underlined the physical cost of their midweek European exertions.
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