Manchester United made it three (3) wins in three (3) matches in pre-season after a routine workout against Crystal Palace.
Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United recorded another victory in pre-season to sign off from Melbourne in style on Thursday afternoon.
Anthony Martial continued his good form when he scored his third goal in as many matches to put the Red Devils ahead in the first half.
Fullbacks, Tyrell Malacia and Diogo Dalot played an important part in the opening goal after the former found the latter with an excellent diagonal pass on his weaker foot.
Dalot would emulate his teammate with a delicious pass on his weaker foot to find Martial, who controlled superbly before shooting past the goalkeeper to give United the lead at the break.
In the second half, a brilliant build-up between Victor Lindelof, Martial, Jadon Sancho and Donny van de Beek set up Marcus Rashford for an easy tap-in to double the advantage for the Red Devils.
It was not long before Sancho made it 3-0 after another excellent play by Manchester United, with Martial heavenly involved in the build-up again.
Palace did pull a goal back through a Joel Ward header to back it 3-1 before United was reduced to 10 men for the last six minutes after substitute, Will Fish, was sent off.
United’s second goal highlights Erik ten Hag’s blueprint from Ajax
While the Red Devils recorded an easy win against a depleted Palace team, surely, their manager, Erik Ten Hag, would be pleased by the nature of the second goal.
Rashford finished an easy tap-in following brilliant work by the trio of Martial, Sancho and former Ajax star, van de Beek.
Lindelof floated a lovely long pass which Martial controlled superbly before finding Sancho in space. The Frenchman made his way into the box, with Sancho threading a through ball which he intercepts away from the onrushing goalkeeper unto van de Beek.
Van de Beek unselfishly picked out the free and unmarked Rashford for a simple Ajax-styled goal to double the advantage.
A good win for the Red Devils but that goal highlights exactly how Eth wants United to play and shows that whatever instructions he is passing across are getting through to the players.
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