Manchester United made it back-to-back wins by grinding out a victory at Selhurst Park. Crystal Palace were holding Jose Mourinho’s team to a 1-1 draw before Zlatan Ibrahimovic slotted in neatly a couple of minutes before the end of the game.
The win ensured United remained six points off the fourth placed Manchester City team as they look to return to the Champions League next season.
The game should have been an open and shut case for the away side but referee Craig Pawson had a difficult night as he ignored a clear handball in the box by Joe Ledley and even a Juan Mata goal was ruled out for offside.
The opening goal of the game came from Paul Pogba, scoring just before the half-time break but James McArthur scored in the 66th minute to cancel out the lead. Manchester United were great value for the win and now set their sights to face high flying West Bromwich Albion.
We look back at the encounter and share the best Twitter updates.
When rivals say Zlatan is a fraud pic.twitter.com/OwphUcKKrx
— Manchester Bro (@Manchesterbro1) December 15, 2016
Pogba will get better very season he’s only 23 he didn’t ask for that stupid price tag but class is permanent so glad he’s back home
— Manchester Bro (@Manchesterbro1) December 14, 2016
That duo. ⚽ pic.twitter.com/BQYU3OxS4r
— Manchester United (@RedDevilsHub) December 14, 2016
Man Utd have won back-to-back Premier League games for the first time since August.
Zlatan and Pogba to the rescue. #AllTheFootball pic.twitter.com/Z1XvmhTe7w
— Virgin Media (@virginmedia) December 14, 2016
.@paulpogba: MotM vs Crystal Palace, Rating 9.76, Goals 1, Assists 1, Key Passes 4, Dribbles 4, Passes 93 @ManUtd pic.twitter.com/V4LjlDKZx3
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) December 14, 2016
Manchester United when Michael Carrick has played 2016/17
WWWWWWDWWDWW
Goals: 30
Conceded: 9 pic.twitter.com/BhxDdlCUsA— SemperFiUnited (@SemperFiUnited) December 14, 2016
Reporter: “Zlatan, can you give the Man of the Match award to Paul Pogba.”
Zlatan: “Nah, I’ll keep it for me.” pic.twitter.com/dnKiq2a5ZC
— Manchester United (@ManUtdChannel) December 14, 2016
That ref should be dropped to division 3 for that tonight one of the worse refs I’ve seen ever
— Manchester Bro (@Manchesterbro1) December 14, 2016
Ibrahimovic has scored 41% of Manchester United’s goals in the Premier League this season. On a free from PSG… pic.twitter.com/d5lvjOugBs
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) December 14, 2016
Manchester Utd:
Win- 6th
Draw- 6th
Lose- 6th pic.twitter.com/YaUAAvXU8U
— Benjamin Aidoo™ (@Facosh) December 14, 2016
Manchester United: Have won a Premier League away game in London for the first time since May 2015 (also vs Crystal Palace) #CRYMUN
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) December 14, 2016
Arsenal fans: “Time to troll fans of Manchester United as their club is serving Okra again tonight”
Ibrahimovic: pic.twitter.com/lZiuyuLwbF
— Soccer Nation (@SoccerNationNg) December 14, 2016
