Mount and Zirkzee lead Man United comeback
Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show
The Athletic
4.6 • 771 Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Well, isn't this nice... Manchester United win away, in South London, and you can take the first bite out of your advent calendar while you listen to four happy podcasters praise the performances of Bruno Fernandes, Mason Mount and, yes, Joshua Zirkzee.
It was a remarkable turnaround at Selhurst Park, very much not a happy hunting ground for United in recent years. But, whether it was because of Palace's post-Europe legs, a bit of luck, or just a bit more intensity and clicking into gear, we are accepting our first Christmas present with no complaints about the shape or size of the box.
Altogether now... "One more time..."
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:07.1 | The SEC |
| 0:07.1 | The SEC's made a clever move here |
| 0:13.5 | He's found the net |
| 0:16.1 | It's a big moment for |
| 0:18.3 | Manchester United |
| 0:19.5 | The Equaliser |
| 0:20.2 | particularly for the goal scorer forth and a January move elsewhere. |
| 0:24.6 | He'd love to make it with Manchester United and he's made it one one here. |
| 0:32.6 | And Mason Mount has fired it in like that. |
| 0:38.0 | So there's two players who have been maybe unfulfilled at Manchester United. |
| 0:43.1 | They've turned this around, nearly in the second half. |
| 0:53.1 | This is Talk the Devils, the Athletic Show, dedicated to Manchester United. |
| 0:57.0 | Coming up today, United went away at Crystal Palace for the first time in five years, |
| 1:01.7 | and we're going to pour over every single detail of that turnaround in the second half at Sellers Park. |
| 1:07.3 | And look at us as well. |
| 1:08.7 | It's a review, preview podcast, I think, for the first time this season. |
| 1:12.3 | So we'll also look forward to the match at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Thursday night against West Ham United. |
| 1:18.9 | It's a slightly different looking talk to Devils today. |
| 1:22.2 | Laurie and I are in the studio here in Manchester and we've got Carl and Andy in the studio down in London. All right |
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