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At the moment when the Portuguese coach must have thought his fortune remained negative, his side secured Oliver Glasner's team's initial home loss in domestic football beginning in February.

The Austrian coach's side had been rampant and deservedly took the lead by way of Jean-Philippe Mateta's retaken penalty. However they failed to make their dominance count and having failed to score against Palace, Amorim's team countered two times in quick succession through the Dutch forward and Mason Mount.

Disappointing Encounter against Palace

This represented a difficult encounter finishing of a long week for the Palace boss, who saw Ismaïla Sarr leave injured with a serious problem before half-time.

Ruben Amorim likely maintained his reactions subdued while walking down the tunnel directly following the match's conclusion.

Lineup Changes

The Portuguese coach dismissed comparisons between his and Glasner's tactical approach during preparation, while admitting that Glasner's team "simply perform things better than us|aspects superior to ours|elements more effectively".

His response to the lacklustre defeat against 10-man Everton involved altering both wing-backs, featuring the Ivorian shifting to the right side as Diogo Dalot assumed Dorgu's position.

Opening Attempts

United must have sensed a chance to benefit given that they had three more days to prepare and almost went ahead inside the opening minute.

An extended delivery created confusion inside Palace's defense yet remarkably the former United goalkeeper executed a reflex block on his goalline to prevent the midfielder.

Palace's Dominance

The near miss acted as an alert for the home team following the midday start that was dictated for broadcast purposes.

Rapidly attempts began to come in quick succession. Subsequent to squandered multiple opportunities in midweek, it appeared it might not be the Frenchman's match as he pulled efforts missing the goal in the initial phase.

Breakthrough

Yet amid days when talks over Mateta's contract extension have stalled, it was the France international who opened the scoring.

A further accurate delivery by the midfielder lured Leny Yoro into making contact and, having just made superb interception to stop the winger, Yoro was forced to foul his fellow Frenchman in the penalty box.

After Break Recovery

Palace's shot-stopper came out wearing a cap to shield his eyes from the low sun however he'll experience frustration to have allowed United to equalise eight minutes after the restart.

The home side was sleeping from a rapid Fernandes set-piece enabling the Dutchman to bring under control and swivel in the same movement to unleash an attempt that sailed into the far corner.

Match-Winning Goal

Following weathering a chaotic situation when the Dutchman nearly netted again at the wrong end, their day improved further moments after when the Netherlands forward was brought down on the edge of Palace's box by the English center-back.

A brief pause occurred within the barrier when Fernandes rolled the set-piece toward Mount permitting Mount to beat Henderson using a fierce strike.

Crucial Victory

Lacking the winger's speed to call on, Glasner's side found it difficult to generate additional opportunities as United were able to secure a crucial victory that means United move above Palace up to sixth spot.