{"id":44517,"date":"2026-02-28T14:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T08:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=44517"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:19:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T08:49:27","slug":"is-michael-carricks-team-ready-for-crystal-palace-team-news-and-latest-injury-news-ahead-of-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/premier-league\/is-michael-carricks-team-ready-for-crystal-palace-team-news-and-latest-injury-news-ahead-of-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Michael Carrick\u2019s team ready for Crystal Palace? Team news and latest injury news ahead of the game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"109\" data-end=\"324\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Manchester United<\/span><\/span> head into their crucial Premier League clash against <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Crystal Palace<\/span><\/span> with several key absentees confirmed by manager <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Michael Carrick<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"326\" data-end=\"708\">Carrick has revealed that Matthijs de Ligt, Mason Mount, Lisandro Mart\u00ednez and Patrick Dorgu will all miss the fixture due to injury, dealing a blow to United\u2019s preparations at a decisive stage of the season. The absence of Mart\u00ednez and De Ligt leaves the Red Devils short in central defense, while Mount\u2019s continued unavailability limits midfield rotation and attacking creativity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"710\" data-end=\"1092\">Despite the setbacks, United have a golden opportunity to climb the Premier League table. A win against Crystal Palace would see them move into third place following <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Aston Villa<\/span><\/span>\u2019s 2-0 defeat to <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/span><\/span> on Saturday night. With the top-four race intensifying, this match could prove pivotal in shaping United\u2019s season ambitions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1094\" data-end=\"1545\">Carrick is expected to rely on experienced heads and in-form players, such as Mbeumo, Sesko, and Bruno Fernandes, to compensate for the missing stars. Defensive responsibility will likely fall on the remaining senior options, while the midfield must provide balance between control and attacking intent. United\u2019s forward line, which has shown signs of improvement in recent weeks, will be tasked with breaking down a Palace side known for their compact structure and threat on the counter-attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United head into their crucial Premier League clash against Crystal Palace with several key absentees confirmed by manager Michael\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":37667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4650],"tags":[4507,4880,1737,3686,3918,1823,3796,3591,3489,249,3873,2907,388],"class_list":["post-44517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","tag-carrick","tag-counter-attack","tag-crystal-palace","tag-david-ornstein","tag-english-premier-league","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-lisandro-martinez","tag-man-united","tag-manchester-united","tag-matthijs-de-ligt","tag-michael-carrick","tag-old-trafford"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44518,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44517\/revisions\/44518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}