DBasia.news – Visiting Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace’s headquarters, Manchester United returned to victory in Week 28 of the Premier League on Thursday (28/2) early morning Western Indonesian Time.
Faced with the injury problems of some reliable players such as Jesse Lingard, Nemanja Matic, Ander Herrera, and Juan Mata, the Red Devils were still able to win with a convincing score 3-1 through goals scored by Ashley Young and two goals from Romelu Lukaku. One goal came back from the hosts in the 66th minute through Joel Ward.
Not just success in bringing home three points, the victory against Palace was also a pretty special thing for Solskjaer. He successfully broke Sir Alex Ferguson’s record after successfully presenting eight consecutive away wins in all competitions. Previously, in 1993 Fergie recorded seven consecutive away wins.
Responding to the victory as well as the new record he recorded, Solskjaer finally spoke up.
“Yes, three points against Crystal Palace were a very good away win. After last weekend we faced Liverpool and then visited the Chelsea headquarters and previously challenged Paris Saint-Germain, I am always wary of this match,” Solskjaer was quoted as saying. Sky Sports.
“A match like this will always be a difficult thing, especially we travel to Selhurst Park. Children are really lucky to be able to start the match well. I am happy because United can control the game, especially in the second half,” added the Norwegian.
The victory of Ray Hodgson’s squad did not change the position of Manchester United in the standings, Paul Pogba and his friends still ranked fifth in the standings and even had the opportunity to go down to sixth place if Chelsea were able to reap the full points in the post-Brighton match.