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Your Monday Briefing: 8 things you may have missed

We appreciate it is tough to keep up with events surrounding our great club, Manchester United, which is why Your Monday Briefing is here to provide a round-up of the weekend...

1: FOUR MORE GOALS
Let’s start with the basics: United beat Crystal Palace 4-0 on Saturday to sign off for the international break in style. Juan Mata and Romelu Lukaku both scored, but it was Marouane Fellaini's double that unquestionably stole the show. He was Man of the Match award and fans on Twitter were buzzing, with Phil Neville sharing this meme...

2: A ONE-GOAL DIFFERENCE
The Reds climbed to the top of the Premier League with that success over the Eagles, but only for a few hours because Manchester City's 1-0 win against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge pushed them back to the summit on goal difference. Tottenham Hotspur are still five points adrift in third.

Watch the goals from Saturday's 4-0 win over Crystal Palace at Old Trafford

Jose Mourinho was pleased that Juan Mata had become United's 10th different scorer this season

United icon Sir Bobby Charlton is to have a pitch at England's St. George's Park unveiled in his name

7: UNDER-18S IN ACTION 
The club's Under-18s continued their encouraging start to the 2017/18 Premier League campaign by recording a 1-1 draw against Everton at Finch Farm. Both goals, scored by Korede Adedoyin and Largie Ramazani, came in a hugely entertaining second half after neither side managed to break the deadlock before the break.

8: CHIELLINI JOINS COMMON GOAL
Let's finish on the happy note that Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini has signed up to Mata's Common Goal campaign, in which members of the football community donate one per cent of their income to charitable projects. Juan explained all in this video, in which he impressively tried his hand at Italian...