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They wanted him out but he saves Manchester United's blunder

Manchester United star makes the most important save for the club despite being unwanted.

By Angus Barnes

18/01/2023, 10:49 PM

Manchester United star makes the most important save for the club despite being unwanted.

While Manchester United teams and traveling fans make their way back to Manchester United there will be sighs of relief shared by everyone after they came close to losing all their points to the home during the final few moments of the game.

Manchester United players and supporters were too shocked by Crystal Palace's late equalizer in the game via a beautiful freekick from Michel Olise. The left-footed strike left David De Gea fully stretched in the air but was beaten by the precision and pace of the strike as hit the top bar into the back of the net.

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Red Devils felt swallowed up by the cheers of the home fans in the fully sold-out stadium as they tried to inspire their team to a comeback during the final minutes of the game. The Eagles were ready to tear through United's defense on breakaway counterattacks.

Manchester United threw more men forward in the hopes to force a win in their favor by piling up more pressure in the Crystal Palace defense with lots of end-to-end crosses to stretch the play for more space to exploit. Casemiro late in the game was the closest with an opportunity to guide a header home but stuttered and missed the glorious opportunity as the game ended 1-1.

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During the added times, Crystal Palace made a breakaway via Wilfred Zaha as he raced down from the halfway line towards David De Gea but just as he was about to hut the shot, Aaron Wan-Bissaka made a well-timed sliding tackle to knock the ball off him, prevent a Palace winner. In the months leading to the winter window, there was a resigned knowledge that Aaron Wan-Bissaka was deemed surplus to requirements but his rapid rise to form since the season restarts have forced  Man United to dissuade from his exit talks completely.

 

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