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RED

STORM

RISING

Trouble is brewing at United and even

new kid James recognises it as he

talks of needing to seek REDemption

BY JEREMY CROSS

THE sun might have been

shining on Old Trafford but

storm clouds are gathering

over Manchester United.

The opening weekend of the

new season, when United

thrashed Chelsea 4-0, already

feels like a distant dream.

It has taken the Reds just two

more matches to remind

supporters of the glaring failures

that have left them with what

appears to be another season of

serious toil ahead.

Including the dismal end to

last season, United have now

won just three of their last 15

games in all competitions.

We are still in August but

already new signing Daniel

James is talking about gaining

redemption when they travel to

Southampton this weekend.

James, who has now been

booked in successive games

for diving, is learning what a

rollercoaster ride life can be

at Old Trafford.

The £15million winger

(right) said: “We want to

redeem ourselves. This

game is something that

we’ll look back on and

look at what we could

have done better. But the

Southampton game next

week will be a completely

different test – and we’ve

got to be ready for it.”

This was an afternoon

to forget for Ole Gunnar

Solskjaer and his team.

But putting nightmares

like this one behind them is

easier said than done.

Crystal Palace came to town

without a win or goal to their

name this season – and hadn’t

triumphed at Old Trafford since

1989. No one saw it coming.
      Poor defending allowed
      Jordan Ayew to fire Palace
      ahead before half-time when
      the United defence failed to deal
      with a simple hoof upfield from
      goalkeeper Vicente Guaita.
      And things went from bad to
      worse for the home side.
      Marcus Rashford – not the
      ineffective Paul Pogba – missed
      a penalty on 69 minutes after
      Luka Milivojevic had tripped
      Scott McTominay.
      Rashford and Pogba also fired
      wide with ambitious free-kicks.
      All looked lost until the final
      minute of normal time
      when Rashford and
      Anthony Martial
      combined to set up

James, who curled a delightful

equaliser into the top corner.

Home fans demanded

another goal, in a hark back to

the romantic times under Sir

Alex Ferguson. There was one,

but it came at the opposite end.

A counter-attack from Palace

ended with Patrick van Aanholt

drilling a low shot through the

grasp of David De Gea with

almost the last kick of the game.

In the process, Van Aanholt

became the first-ever visiting

player to score a stoppage-time

winner at United in the Premier

League. Remarkable.

Just to rub salt into United’s

gaping wounds, ref Paul Tierney

denied them a clear penalty

when Martin Kelly pulled down

Martial, while VAR refused

another one when Rashford

tumbled under a challenge from

the same defender.

Palace boss Roy Hodgson

reckons United might be

vulnerable to more

smash-and-grab raids by

lesser rivals this season.

He said: “They have to

come to terms with the

fact that teams in the

lower half of the league,

if they are organised

and disciplined, will be

hard to break down.

“And if they have

players in their side

that can hurt them on

the counter-attack...

that is what Old

Trafford should expect

this season.”

0-1 Ayew,

32 mins

1-1 James, 89 mins

1-2 Van Aanholt, 90+3 mins Penalty

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MARCUS

PAYS THE

PENALTY

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holds his

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latest United

star to blow

a spot-kick

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UNITED IN A SPOT

Man Utd penalty takers in all

competitions^ since Aug 2015

Pens taken, scored, % scored

Wayne Rooney 3 3 100%

Ander Herrera 2 2 100%

Jesse Lingard 1 1 100%

Daley Blind 1 1 100%

Anthony Martial 6 5 83%

Zlatan Ibrahimovic 4 3 75%

Juan Mata 4 3 75%

Paul Pogba 13 9 69%

Marcus Rashford 3 2 67%

Alexis Sanchez 1 0 0%

Javier Hernandez 1 0 0%

Romelu Lukaku: 1 0 0%

TOTAL 40 29 73%