00:00A monster match for Palace, never mind United.
00:05Karen Barrett, the FA Cup final referee, gets this critical Premier League match started.
00:11Palace playing from the right and Manchester United wearing the green and gold shirts
00:16that were introduced to celebrate the years they've taken to their formation
00:21when they wore these colours at the start.
00:24Giggs with McLare in the middle and Kanchelskis as well.
00:27And Jo, who was a moment ago, was up there for a Palace corner,
00:32now concedes one from Ryan Gixcross at the other end.
00:37The goalkeeper challenged by two players and Palace have a corner to be taken by Osborne.
00:49Bruce again, Osborne again.
00:55Southgate with the header.
00:57Young, Southgate.
01:01Oh, and a good effort by Ricky Newman.
01:04What a start that would have been to his Premier League career.
01:08Believe it.
01:08And Peter Schmeichel, with that ambitious throw, meant for Ryan Giggs, in fact set Palace in motion.
01:16And Armstrong's effort clips the post and the goalkeeper was nowhere.
01:22Palace, so near to the opening goal, but Eric Young, the big number five, takes credit for reading the goalkeeper's intentions.
01:30And to cross, good move, one of United's best, if not their best, in this half.
01:38Hughes was going for goal, and in the end it's a corner, which Giggs will take.
01:46And they're pressed forward here, the yellow and green shirts in the Palace half, that's aimed at Giggs.
02:00Now Bruce.
02:02Ince is a bit close to him, but he made something of it.
02:20Oh, and Cantona now.
02:24Hughes, Ince, they're passing it around as much as they can, but Palace are forming a solid barrier in front of them.
02:35Hughes.
02:35In goes Young, this is Cruz.
02:53Palace do, with Armstrong, free kick to Manchester United.
02:57Armstrong pleads his innocence there.
03:01Cantona sliding it through, but good defending also, McGoldrick again.
03:06Ince.
03:07McClare.
03:09Hughes.
03:09Oh, it's hit Andy Thorne.
03:12No wonder Hughes holds his head.
03:15That.
03:17He had to hold that from Southgate.
03:19Well, the time has come, it seems.
03:44For the man who's been almost perpetually on and off the bench in recent weeks.
04:00Bruce now being roundly booed by the Palace supporters.
04:03Here's Hughes.
04:04Parker in support.
04:07Hughes again.
04:09Rolls it into Ince.
04:11And the 36-year-old Manchester United, club captain of many years, has a word with McClare as he joins the action.
04:27There's the team captain, Bruce, with the header.
04:29Cantona.
04:30Hughes on the far side, making ground.
04:32So is Giggs.
04:34And they're appealing.
04:36And it's been smashed in.
04:39Hughes.
04:39Mark Hughes.
04:59A fantastic volley.
05:02The deep cross took them all out.
05:04And within seconds of Brian Robinson coming on, Hughes scores a fabulous goal to put Manchester United in front.
05:16Oh, he should have made it too.
05:20And his left foot just bouncing in front of him.
05:23And here's for Goldrick.
05:24Well, McClare did well to get into that position.
05:35It's...
05:36Good position.
05:38Hughes!
05:41He could have had three.
05:44Half the Frenchman.
05:45That goes for quite a few Manchester players who didn't make much of an impression because they weren't allowed to earlier.
05:52They've come into their own a bit since the goal.
05:54Here's Irwin.
05:56Now they've got a little defending to do.
05:58Nice couple of minutes.
05:59Giggs.
06:11Giggs.
06:13Down the line.
06:14Cantona.
06:14Now one against one for the winner.
06:20Giggs.
06:22Cantona.
06:22It's in a good position, but how well found there.
06:28And he's gone to the right, away from the marker.
06:30It's...
06:31Yes!
06:32That's it!
06:342-0 from all over.
06:36Certainly tonight may be the championship, who knows.
06:40It's a score for Manchester United to seal a fine second-half performance.
06:46And how well that move was worked.
06:48So much credit to McClare, who came across and left the Space Prince to go wide of Newman and then cut the shot back across the goalkeeper.
07:00Vince may not score very many, but I doubt that the ready goal that he's got, certainly for Manchester United, has given him as much pleasure as that.
07:08It came in the 45th minute of the second half, and the crowd at the left-hand end are celebrating, as they deserve to do.
07:24Endaar.
07:27Bruce.
07:29What a finish.
07:30You wouldn't have thought in the first half when it was so tight that Manchester United would peel away as they have here from Palace in such style.
07:51But it has to be said, too, with such grit and determination, because that was needed at one point.
08:00And it was there, Bruce particularly, Robson when he came on.
08:05And Cantona, who has remained so optimistic, despite the close marking.
08:09I hope the people on the pitch don't spoil it.
08:13Alex Ferguson knows that's a valuable victory, to say the least.
08:19Congratulated by Alan Smith and Steve Goffle.
08:21Mark Hughes, the hero of the first goal, after 64 minutes.
08:26All into the second in the 90th minute.
08:30And, goodness gracious, there are two happy men tonight.
08:33Brian, Ken and Alex Ferguson, they must know now, it's closer, than it's ever been for 26 years.
08:42Crystal Palace, who fought particularly well for the first time, would answer the United Surge after Robson came on.
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