Ole Gunnar Solskjær said he was “lost for words” regarding the racial abuse directed at Marcus Rashford on Twitter after the Manchester United forward missed a 70th-minute penalty. This was the second spot-kick United had spurned in five days after Paul Pogba had one saved at Wolves on Monday, for which he was also targeted in a similar manner on the social media platform.
Rashford failed to convert with the score 1-0 to the visitors. Though United did equalise, a late Patrick van Aanholt strike grabbed Crystal Palace a first league win at Old Trafford since 1989.
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Solskjær said of the abuse his No 10 received: “It’s the same as we spoke about before the weekend. It’s unheard of, it needs to stop and I’m just lost for the words. If it keeps going, keep having all these campaigns, ‘no to racism’ and they keep hiding behind fake IDs … and it’s crazy we talk about this in 2019.”
United dominated throughout but, as at Molineux, lacked a killer touch in front of goal. At half-time they trailed to a Jordan Ayew goal yet, when Daniel James curled home in the 89th minute, Solskjær’s men seemed to have earned a draw.
But Pogba then ceded possession and Palace drove upfield, setting up Van Aanholt to beat David de Gea from close range in added time.
Here the price was paid for United’s laxity, though they might have had at least one more penalty when Anthony Martial appeared to be brought down by Martin Kelly in the second half and Rashford, in a separate incident, was also felled inside the area.
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