In the typical Manchester rain, Crystal Palace secured a wholly atypical Old Trafford result on this day (30th September) back in 2023.
The Eagles were suffering from an injury crisis heading into the match, and having been defeated comfortably in the League Cup just four days earlier were not expected to trouble Erik ten Hag’s side.
Palace, missing Dean Henderson, Michael Olise, Odsonne Edouard, Jefferson Lerma and more, were bolstered on the bench by academy graduates David Ozoh, Jes Rak-Sakyi and Ademola Ola-Adebomi.
The rain was lashing down from the very beginning at Old Trafford, and a tense, tight game was smashed wide open by a moment of brilliance.
With a ball dropping the box from a corner, Joachim Andersen swung his right boot and hooked towards goal, beating Andre Onana for pace and giving Palace the lead.
The Eagles held on under pressure in the second-half, and took a valuable three points back to South London.
