Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis was left to rue Marouane Chamakh’s clumsy challenge on Patrice Evra to give away a penalty in the second half, allowing Manchester United to score the first of two goals in a 2-0 victory at Selhurst Park:

Manchester United manager David Moyes paid tribute to Wayne Rooney, as the striker fresh from signing his new five-and-a-half-year deal, scored the Red Devils’ second goal in a 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace:

Read my piece with David Moyes for the Irish Examiner, click here.