Manchester United suffered defeat again as Jean-Philippe Mateta scored twice to earn Crystal Palace a 2-0 win at Old Trafford.
United aimed for back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time this season, it turned out to be an awful afternoon for Ruben Amorim’s side as they were deservedly beaten and lost Lisandro Martinez to what looked like a serious knee injury late in the game.
The win lifts Oliver Glasner’s side above their opponents into 12th spot, with United dropping down to 13th – their scoring problems underlined by Amorim benching both Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee as Marcus Rashford finalised a move to Aston Villa.
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim called his side’s 2-0 defeat to Crystal Palace a “really bad” result, and that Lisandro Martinez’s injury could be “something serious.”
United were looking to build on a run of three victories in a row when they welcomed Oliver Glasner’s team to Old Trafford, but poor defending at set-pieces cost them, with Jean-Philippe Mateta scoring both goals for the away side.
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Defender Martinez also jarred his left knee and had to be taken off, raising questions over one of United’s better performing defenders of recent months.

Speaking to Sky Sports after the defeat, Amorim had little positive to say.
“The result is really bad,” he said. “The performance was a little bit better than the last games. We controlled the transitions quite well for Crystal Palace.
“We suffered two goals that we can avoid and the injury on Lisandro Martinez was tough for the team.”
Regarding his Argentina international defender, Amorim conceded that the reaction to the injury did not augur well.
“We are going to see in the next days, but I think it is a serious situation,” Amorim said.
Man Utd’s woes in stats
- Manchester United have now lost seven of their first 13 league home matches this season, their joint-most at this stage of a league campaign, along with 1893-94 (also seven home defeats in 13).
- Manchester United have failed to score in the first half of 18 different Premier League matches this season, the most of any team in the competition.
- After failing to win on any of their first 10 visits to Old Trafford in the Premier League, a run that included nine straight defeats (D1), Crystal Palace have now won four of their last six away matches against Manchester United (L2) and have won on back-to-back visits to Old Trafford for only the second time in the competition.
- Since the beginning of last season, only Wolves (16) have lost more Premier League home matches than Manchester United’s 13.