Man United vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Result and final score after Martial, Rashford and Sancho goals

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Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 3-1 today in Melbourne as the two Premier League clubs continued their pre-season preparations.

United have enjoyed their trip to Australia so far, with heavy wins over Liverpool and Melbourne Victory, as Erik ten Hag gets to grips with his new squad and despite the continued absence of Cristiano Ronaldo. And that form continued after goals by Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho took the game away from Palace and gave Ten Hag’s new-look front-line a major confidence boost.

Palace have Covid and injury troubles but still fielded plenty of talent with Jean-Philippe Mateta leading the line alongside Jordan Ayew. The 18-year-old winger Malcolm Ebiowei got a start, as did 20-year-old Killian Phillips and 19-year-old Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, but they could not stop the Eagles from going down at the MCG, despite the consolation goal by Joel Ward.

Manchester United vs Crystal Palace

• Man Utd XI: De Gea; Dalot, Maguire, Lindelof, Malacia; McTominay, Fred, Fernandes; Sancho, Martial, Rashford
• Palace XI: Butland, Clyne, Ward, Andersen, Mitchell, Rak-Sakyi, Milivojevic, Phillips, Ebiowei, Mateta, Ayew
• Match kicked off at 11.10am BST
• GOAL! Anthony Martial puts United in front, 1-0
• GOAL! Marcus Rashford adds United’s second goal, 2-0
• GOAL! Jadon Sancho slots home their third, 3-0
• GOAL! Joel Ward heads one back, 3-1

[19 July 2022 12:52 · Lawrence Ostlere]

GOAL! Manchester United 3-1 Crystal Palace

Palace have one back! Joel Ward gets his head to a corner and squeezes the ball past De Gea.

[19 July 2022 12:50 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Manchester United 3-0 Crystal Palace

68 min: Both teams have made a horde of changes. Iqbal and Savage are among those getting some minutes for United.

[19 July 2022 12:42 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Manchester United 3-0 Crystal Palace

64 min: Almost a moment to celebrate for Palace, but Mateta was rightly called offside after scoring at a corner.

[19 July 2022 12:41 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Manchester United 3-0 Crystal Palace

Rashford played the ball into Martial who picked out Sancho’s burst down the right side. Sancho kept his composure and slotted the ball home. That front three is having a great evening in Melbourne.

[19 July 2022 12:40 · Lawrence Ostlere]

GOAL! Manchester United 3-0 Crystal Palace (Sancho)

Jadon Sancho makes it three!

[19 July 2022 12:31 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Manchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace

52 min: Martial has the bit between his teeth now. He tries a cut-back to Fernandes who might have scored had he not run into Van de Beek.

[19 July 2022 12:29 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Manchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace

The one-two between Martial and Sancho was sublime, and the cute pass by Van de Beek was neat to set up the finsh for Rashford.

[19 July 2022 12:25 · Lawrence Ostlere]

GOAL! Manchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace (Rashford)

An excellent goal by United and finished by Marcus Rashford. Good link up between Sancho and Martial before Van de Beek tees up Rashford to add the second.

[19 July 2022 12:23 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Manchester United 1-0 Crystal Palace

Manchester United make a change at the break: Van der Beek replaces McTominay in midfield.

[19 July 2022 12:22 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Manchester United 1-0 Crystal Palace

The second half is under way in Melbourne.