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Manchester United drew 0-0 against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday evening, as a dominant performance failed to ease the pressure on Erik ten Hag.
The away side dominated the first half, taking the lion’s share of possession but only managing to hit the woodwork twice after a great effort from Alejandro Garnacho and a rebound from Bruno Fernandes.
The second half began in much the same manner, with United keeping control but not managing to capitalise on it.
Palace grew into the game after making substitutions, while United’s changes took away their momentum, and the home side begun to create chances, with Eberechi Eze firing wide and Eddie Nketiah and Ismaila Sarr forcing a brilliant double save from Andre Onana.
The game petered out in the final stages as Palace looked to settle for a point and United struggled to regain any attacking rhythm, and in the end it was a familiar sight for Erik ten Hag as his side earned just one point in a fixture they probably should’ve won.
Relive the Premier League action with our live blog below:
FT: Crystal Palace 0-0 Man Utd
Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana was the first to speak to Sky Sports.
He says that he does not “think it [his best save] is so important because we didn’t win”.
“We are such a big club. When have the ambition to try to win. We didn’t win but I’m happy for the work, the sacrifice of my teammates because I think we were better than them.
“We had so many chances but unfortunately, we didn’t score. It’s difficult to come back with one point when we deserved to win.”
He says that he did think United would score. “Football sometimes, you can’t control everything.
“We were coming in, we had more chances and I had faith always in my guys. Today, we hit the crossbar twice and hopefully in the coming games, we will score a lot.”
“I think we were better than them, I think we were way better than them. We had more chances than them. We had the best chances during the game. Of course, they are a very good team, but we were way better than them.”
“It’s always nice to keep a clean sheet but the most important thing, especially playing for Manchester United, you have to win. We didn’t win today, but we came here with the mentality [to win]. We will go back home disappointed.”
FT: Crystal Palace 0-0 Man Utd
Some match stats for you now.
Manchester United have kept four clean sheets in their last six Premier League games – one more than they managed in their previous 24.
This was just the fourth goalless draw the side have had under Erik ten Hag in the Premier League, and the first since playing Liverpool in December 2023.
Of the teams they have faced more than 10 times in the Premier League, United have drawn 0-0 in a higher percentage of their games against Crystal Palace than against anyone else (16 per cent, with 5 out of 31 games).
Palace have not won any of their first five games in the Premier League this season. This is the fifth time that has happened, and they have been relegated in three of the previous four - 1992/93, 1994/95 and 2004/05.
FT: Crystal Palace 0-0 Man Utd
So, an entertaining draw comes to an end in south London, but it’s more questions for United as a mixture of poor fortune and poor finishing denies them a win in a game they dominated. At times, they were perhaps lucky to not concede, with a superb double save from Onana keeping the scores level late on.
For Palace, it’s a point that they will be happy with, though they will feel they could have come away with a win in the end. Oliver Glasner’s changes did make a difference too, keeping Palace in it and altering the balance of the match.
FULL-TIME! Crystal Palace 0-0 Man Utd
FULL-TIME!
95 mins
The free-kick is a poor one from Fernandes, and it’s easily cleared before the final whistle is blown.
The points are shared at Selhurst Park, as United come to rue chances that they should have scored in a game that they dominated for large periods.
However, Palace were unlucky not to get a goal of their own, with Onana producing a great double save.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Man Utd
94 mins
United have time for one more foray forward, and Rashford is brought down near halfway, so there’ll be time for one more ball into the box.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Man Utd
92 mins
In truth, United simply look a lot less threatening in attack without Zirkzee, which is interesting. Hojluind hasn’t offered the same linking play or a general goal threat.
Palace counter and Schlupp spreads it wide to Mitchell, but United clear. Palace come again and Mitchell’s cross is better this time, with Sarr forcing a good block from de Ligt.
From the corner, Onana does well to punch out.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Man Utd
90 mins
Jeffrey Schlupp comes on for Palace, and he replaces Eze.
There’ll be four minutes of added time.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Man Utd
89 mins
United almost find a way through as there’s a scramble in the Palace box, but Munoz clears. Palace are inviting pressure at the moment though.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Man Utd
88 mins
Hojlund tries to clip in a cross from the left but he’s closed down well, and United come again. Fernandes tries the early cross, but Guehi does very well to deal with it calmly.
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