Man United has kept critics silent when they won tickets to the 4th round of the League Cup with a 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace in the early morning of September 27 (Vietnam time).
Coach Erik ten Hag and his players face a lot of pressure from a disappointing start to the season losing 3 of their first 5 matches in the Premier League and also being left empty-handed in the Champions League.
However, after a narrow win over Burnley in the Premier League last weekend, the "Red Devils" had their second consecutive win to ease the pressure.
The Dutch coach has made many changes to the starting lineup, with the return of Mason Mount, while 3 young players facundo Pellistri, Alejandro Garnacho and Hannibal Mejbri play as attackers behind Anthony Martial.
New signing Sofyan Amrabat was deployed on the left wing of the defense, along with Harry Maguire, Raphael Varane and Diogo Dalot.
On the other side, goalkeeper Dean Henderson made his Palace debut after leaving Man United a month ago. However, the goalkeeper's return to Old Trafford only lasted 19 minutes before he had to practice and leave the pitch due to injury.
The replacement Sam Johnstone only kept a clean sheet for exactly 2 minutes. From Dalot's cross, Garnacho turned around and fired a low shot that shot down Johnstone from 10m away.
Casemiro gave Man United an advantage 6 minutes later, when he was the highest jump player, received a corner kick from Mount, headed dangerously, leaving Johnstone unable to block.
Man United's third goal came just 10 minutes after the break. This time, Casemiro assisted Martial to score.
In addition to the scoring factor, the good news for Ten Hag is that Amrabat has made a pretty good impression in this match. After playing left-back in the first half, the Maroc player returned to his favorite central midfield position in the second half of the match.
Man United advance to the fourth round of the League Cup and will also aim for their third consecutive win this weekend, when they meet Palace in round 7 of the Premier League.
