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		</div><p><b>Crystal Palace 1 Manchester United 2</p>
<p>Zlatan Ibrahimovic struck a late winner as Manchester United secured victory at Crystal Palace after once again threatening to drop points from a winning position.</b></p>
<p>United had surrendered a lead in three of their previous four Premier League games and it looked set to go that way once again as James McArthur cancelled out Paul Pogba&#8217;s controversial opener.</p>
<p>But Ibrahimovic was on hand to finish brilliantly from Pogba&#8217;s through-ball with just two minutes remaining to seal a hard-fought 2-1 win for the visitors.</p>
<p>Jose Mourinho brought his United side here a year to the day since his last game in charge of his second spell at Chelsea and the Portuguese seems to have now found his feet at Old Trafford.</p>
<p>United have not lost in the league since Mourinho&#8217;s ill-fated return to face Chelsea and, coupling this win with Sunday&#8217;s victory over Tottenham, they have finally found a way to win games.</p>
<p>Palace managed to negate United&#8217;s attacking threat in the early stages at the expense of creating anything of their own to worry David De Gea in the visitors&#8217; goal.</p>
<p>Referee Craig Pawson was not endearing himself to the home fans after a string of decisions they felt went against their side culminated in Marcos Rojo only being booked for a two-footed challenge on former Red Devil Wilfried Zaha.</p>
<p>Wayne Hennessey made a smart stop to deny Wayne Rooney as the game headed towards half-time, palming the United skipper&#8217;s close-range effort and he was on hand again soon after to keep out Pogba&#8217;s fiercely-struck volley.</p>
<p>But Mourinho&#8217;s men would go in at half-time ahead courtesy of a controversial Pogba goal.</p>
<p>The France midfielder appeared to be offside as he poked home Ibrahimovic&#8217;s knock-down, with the striker seemingly handling Juan Mata&#8217;s free-kick into the path of his team-mate.</p>
<p>Joe Ledley came on at the break for the hosts and came close to levelling soon after as he flashed an effort inches wide of De Gea&#8217;s left-hand post.</p>
<p>The Spaniard was finally called into action and had to be at his very best to push McArthur&#8217;s drive behind for a corner as the hosts chased an equalizer. But he could do nothing to keep out the midfielder&#8217;s leveller as he finished low from Damien Delaney&#8217;s delightful flick.</p>
<p>Hennessey had to turn Rooney&#8217;s curling shot behind as United looked to immediately re-establish their lead, with the visitors incensed that they were not awarded a penalty as Ledley&#8217;s arm met the resulting set-piece.</p>
<p>In a frantic few minutes, Mata had a goal incorrectly ruled out for offside and Pogba was booked for his continued remonstrations.</p>
<p>Substitute Jesse Lingard, who hit the winner when these two met in the FA Cup final on May 21, drew another stop out of Hennessey as United pushed for a second.</p>
<p>It finally came courtesy of Ibrahimovic&#8217;s sixth goal in as many games as he finished with the outside of his boot from Pogba&#8217;s slide-rule pass.</p>
<p>United saw the game out to remain six points outside the top four, with Mourinho celebrating on the pitch with his players.</p>
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