I'm not sure if anyone else noticed this, but I think Luka had a huge hand in that point thanks to his "off the ball work". Repeatedly throughout the game he was pushing, stepping on and tripping Fernandes, but nearly always when he was out of possession and not being watched by the ref. It was never anything that bad, but enough to get inside Fernandes's head and disrupt his game, with the little Portuguese clearly growing increasingly frustrated. Without their puppet master United looked really flat, especially with their two holding midfielders producing some woeful passing.

I have given Luka a lot of stick this season as his passing and possession has been awful and his lack of pace resulting in numerous bookings; however, I would actually give him MOTM in what was a solid team performance, as without his job on Fernandes it might have been a different story. While all the pundits were saying United were flat, I think personally that we just realised that you stop Fernandes you stop United.

I would also note that what Luka did is basically what nearly every team does against Wilf (ie fouling him when he's not in possession to wind him up).

Completely agree. We suffered against Fulham particularly as they pressed us, and we couldn't get past that press very often. United drop off and play on the counter, so we get a bit more ball.

Spurs play the same way, so fingers crossed for another hard earned, dull nin-nil.

He did a great job on Fernandez, Fernandez, is a great player, a little bit off it lately, but it takes nothing from Luca, shutting him down time and again last night.
For the entertainment crowd on here he has no appeal , but every team needs a Luca, doing all the get your hands dirty work.

A fantastic point earned last night,against many of our expectations and even Willo must be delighted!!

He gets a lot of stick from Palace fans but as far as left backs go, we could do a lot, lot worse. There's a reason he's almost certainly leaving in the summer for a Champions League club & he won't be easy to replace. Good job we brought Mitchell through.

I posted last night that I was delighted with the point, a point which I certainly did NOT expect.

Credit to the players for nullifying the threat of Man Utd,and carrying out the 'Game plan' with resilience and determination.