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Precisely as Ruben Amorim must have thought his luck wasn't changing, Manchester United secured Crystal Palace's initial home loss in league competition since February.

The Austrian coach's players started strongly and deservedly took the lead through Jean-Philippe Mateta's repeated spot-kick. But they could not to make their dominance count and having failed to score against Palace, Amorim's team countered twice in nine minutes through the Dutch forward and Mason Mount.

Frustrating Day against The Eagles

It was a frustrating afternoon at the end of a long week for the Palace boss, who witnessed the Senegalese international leave injured with a serious problem in the first period.

The United manager likely maintained his feelings controlled when proceeding down the tunnel directly following the final whistle.

Strategic Adjustments

The Portuguese coach dismissed parallels involving both managers' strategic methods ahead of the match, though recognizing that Palace "simply perform things better than us|aspects superior to ours|elements more effectively".

His response to the lacklustre defeat versus reduced Everton meant modifying the flank players, featuring the Ivorian occupying the right wing while the Portuguese assumed Dorgu's position.

Early Opportunities

United must have sensed a opening to capitalize given that they had additional preparation time and came close to leading within the first minute.

A long throw generated disorder in the Palace area but somehow the former United goalkeeper produced a point-blank save at his goal line to deny Casemiro.

Palace's Dominance

The narrow escape served as a wake-up call for Glasner's men after the early kick-off that was dictated by the television schedulers.

Soon the chances started arriving thick and fast. Subsequent to squandered multiple opportunities in midweek, it looked could potentially not become Mateta's day when he twice dragged efforts missing the goal during the first quarter.

First Score

Yet amid days where negotiations regarding the forward's renewal hit obstacles, it was the France international who provided the first goal.

Another precise pass from Wharton drew the defender into making contact after recently producing excellent defensive stop to stop the winger, Yoro had to trip his fellow Frenchman within the 18-yard area.

Post-Interval Turnaround

Henderson re-emerged in a baseball cap to protect his vision from the glare yet he'll feel regret to have allowed United to equalise eight minutes after the restart.

The home side was sleeping from a rapid Fernandes set-piece allowing the forward to chest the ball down and swivel in the same movement to produce a shot that found the top corner.

Match-Winning Moment

After enduring a goalmouth scramble as the forward came close once more in his own net, their day improved further shortly afterward when the Netherlands forward was tripped on the edge of Palace's box from the Palace defender.

A temporary uncertainty developed among the defenders during Fernandes' delivery the set-piece toward Mount enabling the Englishman to score past the keeper via a strong shot.

Vital Victory

Lacking the winger's speed to depend on, the home team struggled to create further attempts as United were able to secure an important win which moves United move above Palace into sixth place.