Manchester United continues to climb the English Premier League table

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Manchester United continues to climb the English Premier League table

Manchester United defeated its London guest, Crystal Palace, by two goals to one, when the two teams met on the field of Old Trafford, on Sunday, in the 28th round of the English Premier League.

Portuguese teammates Bruno Fernandes overturned their deficit to win the team’s fourteenth this season, climbing to third place in the overall standings.

Manchester United displaced Aston Villa from third place, beating them on goal difference (+12 to +8).

Villa lost in the “Midlands” derby to Wolverhampton, bottom of the standings, by two goals to nothing in the opening matches of the 28th round, on Friday.

3 new points ✅

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Bruno the inspiration and Carrick the engineer

The performance of Manchester United players has improved impressively since the appointment of former English player Michael Carrick as interim coach in mid-January.

The Red Devils achieved six victories and one draw during seven matches supervised by Carrick.

French defender Camsons Lacroix scored for Crystal Palace early after exploiting a monitoring error when taking a corner kick.

Crystal Palace opens the scoring early#English_Premier_League #PremierLeague pic.twitter.com/OIxYlqI1c8

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United were late in responding, as the team ended the first half defeated, despite having possession of the ball for most of the periods.

Fernandes succeeded in breaking Palace’s defenses, after passing a deep ball to his Brazilian colleague Matheus Cunha.

Cunha did a good job of covering the ball with his body to run towards the goal, prompting defender Lacroix to block him.

Referee Chris Kavanagh issued a double penalty against the visiting team, sending Lacroix off with a red card and announcing a penalty kick, which Bruno successfully executed to equalize the score.

Bruno Fernandes equalizes the score for Manchester United from the penalty spot#English_Premier_League #PremierLeague pic.twitter.com/gpDrcAuU28

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The Portuguese national team playmaker returned to make the difference, as he provided a cross pass that Slovenian scorer Benjamin Cesko followed in a wonderful way, hitting a header that goalkeeper Henderson was unable to block.