Pundit Ben Foster has now dropped his verdict on Manchester United’s “huge” victory over Crystal Palace in their Premier
League clash on Sunday afternoon.
The Red Devils travelled to Selhurst Park at the weekend and Manchester United walked away with all three Premier League
points after coming from 1-0 down.
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Palace took the lead over United in the first half through a Jean-Philippe Mateta penalty before the Red Devils hit back
in the second half at Selhurst Park.
Joshua Zirkzee cancelled out Jean-Philippe Mateta’s first-half opener in the second half before Mason Mount scored the
winner for United against Palace on Sunday.
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from their 1-0 defeat to 10-man Everton.
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Ben Foster was immediately baffled by one thing from Crystal Palace and Man Utd’s Premier League clash
Manchester United are seventh in the Premier League table and the Red Devils are only three points off the top four
after Sunday afternoon’s 2-1 result.
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Speaking on his podcast, Ben Foster admitted that something that immediately caught him out was the 12pm kick-off time
for United and Crystal Palace’s match.
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“Big win this, you know. Huge win,” he said on the latest episode of the ‘Fozcast – The Ben Foster Podcast.’
“This was the early kick-off on Sunday. Why was it so early, by the way? It was like a twelve-something kick-off, right?
“I didn’t even know the game was on this early. I just put Sky Sports on and I was like, ‘Oh sweet, five minutes into
“Palace popped them [United]. First half, [Palace] popped them.”
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Ben Foster’s telling reaction to Man Utd’s performance vs Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park
Palace produced a strong display in the opening 45 minutes and the Eagles placed the Red Devils on the back foot in
their Premier League clash at Selhurst Park.
Foster said that United were really poor and he thought that the Red Devils could be blown out of the water by a
dominant performance from Palace at the weekend.
However, the 42-year-old former United and England player was in awe at how Ruben Amorim’s men tipped the scales in
their favour in the second half.
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“Man United were abysmal, right?” Foster continued.
“All over the shop and I’m thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, Palace should win this 3-4 nil, 3-4 nil.’
“Like I say, the first half, brilliant [for Palace]; burnout [in the] second half, nowhere to be seen.
“Man United ran right over them in the second half.”