Manchester United secured a hard-fought win over hosts Crystal Palace, with a score of 2-1 on Saturday, at Old Trafford, in the 22nd round of the Premier League.
Bruno Fernandes scored from the spot (7) and Marcus Rashford (63) scored for United, while Jeffrey Schlupp scored for Crystal Palace (76).
With this victory, Manchester raised their tally to 42 points in third place, while Palace's tally froze at 24 points in 12th place.
A quick start came from Crystal Palace, who were awarded a corner in the game's opening seconds but did not pose a danger to United's goal.
In the fourth minute, Rashford crossed from the left, touching Palace's Hughes' hand, to point to the verdict completing the play, before stopping to return to video technology, following objections from United players.
After returning to the video, the referee decided to award a penalty to Manchester, which Bruno Fernandes converted for the first goal of the meeting in the seventh minute.
Red Devils forward Figurst almost doubled the score for his team in the 13th minute, after a corner carried out inside the area, Figurst met her with an excellent header in the far corner, with which goalkeeper Guaita shone to put her right hand away from his own goal.
United continued their attack against the visitors, and in the 27th minute, Crystal Palace goalkeeper Guaita denied Rashford the chance to score the second goal, after the United striker went deep and fired a powerful shot toward the net, which the keeper cleared for a corner.
Brazilian winger Anthony fired a rocket shot from the boundary of the 33-minute box, which was on its way to the net but hitting teammate Bruno, preventing him from scoring.
Amid a torrent of missed chances, Figurst crossed from the left, preceding Fred the defender, and firing a ground shot passing next to the right post.
Palas' first attempt came in the 42nd minute after Odsonne Edward sprinted with the ball and fired a shot with De Gea's ease.
A dangerous opportunity arose against Rashford after a longitudinal ball was obtained from Bruno, to fire a shot that passed the top of the Ballas crossbar in the 55th minute.
In the 63rd minute, Rashford doubled the score for Manchester, after passes in front of the Palace penalty area, to reach Garanacho, who passed it to Shaw, to send a ground cross followed by Marcus inside the net.
The 66th minute saw a case of violence between the two teams' players, the referee returning to video technology, finding Casemiro grabbing Hughes' neck and returning to the red card in his face.
In the 72nd minute, Edouard hit the offside and got a ball deep into United's defense, but fired a shot that went higher than De Gea's goal.
De Gea shone and prevented Palace from reducing the score by 76 minutes, after a corner, which Mitchell met with a header, and the keeper removed it.
In the second corner, Palace was able to reduce the score, after a defensive ball to Doucouré, who struck it, and it was on its way off the field, but for Schlupp, who turned it into the net with an elaborate touch.
Mateta missed the opportunity to adjust in the 87th minute, after a free-kick cleared by De Gea, to bounce back to Schlupp, who crossed Mateta's header up the goal.
