Brian Kerr
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Right, Brian, another win for Manchester United.
Again, they had to come from behind against Crystal Palace, but they got the job done up to third place and maybe not the worst way to win a game where they have to show a bit of adversity.
Is it a case that Palace are a tough nut to crack?
There has been a few issues with Palace in the last few weeks, the Glasner stuff, the comments, the fans, his future and all that.
But they certainly have looked a lot more together in the last few games and they started really well.
They can be quite a hard team to break down when they sit back in that shape.
Cesco had scored against Everton off the bench last Monday.
That was all the talk in the build-up.
Will he get a start?
He got a start.
Very limited in the first half of what he was given.
There was a ball into the box where he got his head to it, but it was a comfortable save.
But then the winning goal, it's a beautiful ball in from Fernandes.
Just the size of Cesco, that's the kind of ball that he's going to thrive on over the next few years.
Yeah, so they're up to third place.
They still have Liverpool to come to Old Trafford, Villa to come to Old Trafford.
They go to Chelsea, who they've already beaten.
It's very much in their hands.
If they can go on and finish the job and, say, get the Champions League football,
Carrick gives the owners a very hard decision to make because if he doesn't get it, then whoever does get it is going to be under pressure straight away to hit the ground running next season.