Wilfried Zaha came back to haunt his former side as Manchester United suffered a shock 3-1 loss to Crystal Palace in their Premier League opener.
English Premier League
Result: Manchester United 1-3 Crystal Palace
Date: 19 September 2020
Venue: Old Trafford
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer went with the tried and tested starting line-up as new signing Donny van de Beek was only named on the bench.
It was the visitors who broke the deadlock on seven minutes when Jeffrey Schlupp's cross to the far past was turned home by Andros Townsend.
The Red Devils possession after going behind but were unable to carve out a meaningful opening in the final third as Palace shot-stopper Guita was barley tested.
Palace nearly got themselves a second goal just before the halftime break, but David de Gea produced a superb to keep out Jordan Ayew's stinging effort.
Solskjaer opted for a change immediately after the restart as Daniel James made way for the highly-rated Mason Greenwood, who now wears the No.11 jersey.
The United striker nearly got the equaliser just before the hour mark but he headed wide at the far post from Timothy Fosu-Mensah's cross, while Paul Pogba was withdrawn for Van de Beek moments later.
Palace were awarded a penalty in the 71st minute when the Video Assistant Referee spotted a handball from Victor Lindelof but De Gea saved the spot-kick before a retake was ordered, which Wilfried Zaha converted for the second goal.
United did a pull goal back with 10 minutes left on the clock as van de Beek marked his debut with a neat finish into the bottom corner after Palace failed to clear.
However, Zaha ended any hopes of a comeback by bagging his third goal in the 86th minute with a neat finish from the edge of the box against his former side as Palace maintain their winning start to the season.
