DBasia.news – There is always a first for everything. Crystal Palace, for the first time, defeated Manchester United in the third week of the Premier League at Old Trafford, Saturday (8/24) WIB.
Palace under Roy Hodgson’s care played modestly by stacking players in defense, squeezing players in midfield, and relying on counterattacks. This game called ‘bus parking’ has proven to be effective.
Palace’s two goals were scored through a counterattack and a rebound football. Jordan Ayew, Palace striker, scored in the 32nd minute when receiving an assist from Jeffrey Schlupp who headed the ball, winning the air ball duel against Victor Lindelof. Schlupps welcomes the ball from Vicente Guaita’s bait, goalkeeper Palace.
While the winning goal was scored by Patrick van Aanholt in the 90 + 3 minute, aka Fergie Time, was created through a counterattack. His hard kick failed to be perfectly anticipated by David De Gea.
United’s only goal scored in the 89th minute was through a kick from Daniel James. Man United dominated possession by 72 to 28 percent, releasing 22 kicks in comparison to five, but they did not play effectively.
The defeat was a special spotlight for Man United. However, for Palace, history is created at Old Trafford: for the first time Palace has won over Man United after 21 meetings in the Premier League. Broadly speaking, the first since May 1991 (won 3-0 at Selhurst Park).
“There is always a first for everything. I think we have played very well. I think we deserve to get three points,” said Van Aanholt asquoted by Goal.
“We know they will dominate possession, we know they will attack. We have been working all week. At the break of the first half, we knew we would not lose in that match. We want three points.”
Besides the new history for Palace, there are four other interesting statistics that became the story after the match. Summarized from various sources, here is an explanation:
1. Patrick van Aanholt became the second Palace player in history to score after 90 minutes, the winning goal, against Man United in the Premier League (after Thierry Henry for Arsenal in January 2007), and the first to do so at Old Trafford.
2. Manchester United have won only one of their last nine matches in all competitions (three draws and lost five), scoring only eight goals and conceding 16 goals.
3. Marcus Rashford failed to score a penalty for the first time for a club or country in his career.
4. Manchester United became the second team to win penalties in each of the first three Premier League matches, after Chelsea in the 2012-13 season. Nevertheless, the Blues successfully converted three penalties.