Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial scored to give United a fighting chance for a UCL spot going equal on points with Leicester City in Fourth place.
United saw of Crystal Palace at the Selhurst Park in a match that saw Palces lose a key player in the personality of Partrick Van Aanholt to injury.
United came from the back from of a disappointing draw against Southampton. Going into the match, the need to get back to winning form was of utmost importance. Considering the fact that Chelsea won 1-nil against Norwich on Wednesday night and Leicester also claiming victory earlier on Thursday against Sheffield United, the pressure fell on United to also claim victory or lose totally the race to the top four.
United did well in the first half but could not convert any of their chances not until Marcus Rashford broke the deadlock at the nick of half time(45+1) in an excellent manner.
Palace had thier moment with VAR when Jordan Ayew thought he had equalised only for the goal to be disallowed by VAR for offside.
United had the last gasp with Anthony Martial scoring his 10th goal since the turn of the year threreby Confirming victory with his goal in the 78th minute to put Manchester United in fighting position for a UCL spot.
United are unbeaten in 19 games (W14 D5) their longest run since a 29 game unbearen run in November 2010 under Sir Alek Ferguson.
United now head to Wembley for thier Fa Cup Semi final clash against Chelsea on Sunday.
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