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Crystal Palace vs Man Utd should be POSTPONED: Adrian Durham reveals why
MANCHESTER UNITED’s trip to Crystal Palace on Wednesday should be postponed due to the visitors’ lengthy injury list, claims talkSPORT presenter Adrian Durham.
Man United vs Crystal Palace should be postponed says pundit
Manchester United look set to be without up to 10 players for the Premier League clash at Selhurst Park.
Ander Herrera, Jesse Lingard and Juan Mata all suffered injuries in the first half of Sunday’s goalless draw against Liverpool and will miss the trip south.
Nemanja Matic and Anthony Martial will not be fit enough to return to the 18-man squad after missing out three days ago.
Marcus Rashford is a serious doubt after playing through an ankle injury for the majority of Sunday’s match.
What I don’t love is United’s second string playing. If it was a cup tie they’d be accused of playing a weakened team
Phil Jones is ill and long-term absentees Antonio Valencia and Matteo Darmian also remain out, with young striker Mason Greenwood sidelined.
So Durham believes the Premier League should make the decision to postpone the match.
“Crystal Palace vs Manchester United, United have 10 players out,” Durham said.
“Already on social media people are going wild about it, ‘how can you possibly say postpone the game?’.
“Well let me explain why the game should be postponed. Manchester United have 10 players out.
“Now even if you discount one of those players on the injury list, Mason Greenwood who’s a youngster, very highly-rated youngster but he’s not a first-team regular, you have Lingard, Mata, Rashford, Herrera, Jones, Matic, Darmian, Valencia, Martial all out.
“If they were all featuring on a first-team team sheet, if they were in the first XI, nobody would think it was odd, but they’re all out.
“So United have been robbed of all those players.
“It’s an unusual set of circumstances because we rarely have midweek Premier League games but we’ve got them this week and I personally love them.
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“But what I don’t love is United’s second string playing. If it was a cup tie they’d be accused of playing a weakened team.
“So it’s supposed to be the elite the Premier League, people pay for tickets, a lot of money for tickets, people pay TV subscriptions so they can watch games and highlights and whatever.
“And yet we’re saying United have got to play this game, even though most of their best players are out injured.
“It doesn’t make sense to me.”