Juan Mata climbed off the bench to lift Manchester United into sixth spot in the Premier League with a 1-0 home win over Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Just four minutes after coming on for Adnan Januzaj, the United midfielder curled a 67th-minute deflected shot past Julian Speroni to hand Louis van Gaal's men a 1-0 win.
The result was a welcome one for United fans and their manager, who had not won any of his previous three matches.
Van Gaal looked to Mata to make the difference and he did not disappoint as he put United ahead shortly after his introduction.
Mata exchanged passes with Di Maria and fired a curling shot past Speroni. The Palace goalkeeper will feel he should have saved the shot even though it took a deflection off the head of Delaney.
Van Gaal alone in not celebrating on the United bench. He clearly felt the breakthrough should have come earlier.
Palace pushed for an equaliser and Campbell entered the box and struck a low drive towards goal, but Michael Carrick put in a crucial block.
Mata struck a post as United countered and Van Persie wasted the follow-up, blazing high and wide, but one goal proved enough. ...SkySports
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