Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Manchester United sealed a club-record eighth consecutive away win with a 3-1 victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park
Lukaku struck in either half, ending a nine-game goal drought to put United in control, but Joel Ward reduced the arrears midway through the second half to give Palace hope
But that was extinguished seven minutes from time as Ashley Young's second goal of the season extended Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's unbeaten run in the Premier League to 11 games
The victory sees United stay in the hunt for the top four; a point and a place behind fourth-place Arsenal
 Palace, who see a six-game unbeaten run come to an end, remain in 14th, five points clear of the relegation zone
United started brightly and should have taken the lead inside eight minutes when Luke Shaw's corner found Lukaku unmarked in the Palace area, but the Belgium international volleyed over from close range
It was Palace's turn to squander an early chance three minutes later as Andros Townsend fired wide at the near post after James McArthur had skipped around Scott McTominay and delivered a teasing ball into the box
Lukaku atoned for his earlier miss on 33 minutes, curling his first goal since January 5 into the far corner beyond Vicente Guaita after Shaw's marauding run into Palace territory
Palace should have hauled themselves level immediately, but Jeff Schlupp headed wide from Townsend's inch-perfect cross
Paul Pogba missed a glorious chance to double United's lead within a minute of the restart, heading over from Diogo Dalot's cross from close range
But it was not long before United had their second, Chris Smalling and Victor Lindelof keeping a corner alive in the Palace area with two headers before Lukaku outmuscled Schlupp, controlled and hooked his second over Guaita
Palace were handed a lifeline on 66 minutes through an unlikely source when defender Ward ghosted in behind Shaw to apply the finishing touch to a fine Schlupp cross
But their hopes of staging a comeback were dashed on 83 minutes when Pogba released Young on the overlap, and the United skipper fired a third home through bodies to sealed an impressive victory for Solskjaer's injury-ravaged side
 "We were comfortably beaten in the end
 I give the players credit because they didn't fold at 2-0 down and we played quite well
 At 2-1 we were having a go and had high hopes, but we were caught on the counter
" "It's a great away win
 We controlled it well
 That's a few away wins on the bounce
 I was always wary of this game after the tough run of games we have had but we started really well which is always vital at Selhurst Park
"Palace travel to Burnley and United host Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday at 3pm
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