Manchester United fail to crack Crystal Palace
Relive all of the action from the Premier League fixture at Old Trafford
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A tepid Manchester United dented their hopes of catching up with the Premier League's top four after failing to spark in a dour 0-0 home draw with 15th-placed Crystal Palace on Saturday.
The result left United in seventh place on 21 points from 13 games, 14 adrift of leaders Manchester City and six behind fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur, who were hosting third-placed Chelsea in the 1730 GMT kick-off.
Striker Romelu Lukaku returned to United's starting line-up after being dropped in four previous games in all competitions but he looked rusty and the home side were fortunate to scrape a share of the spoils against the more adventurous visitors.
Wilfried Zaha and Patrick Van Aanholt came close for Palace in the opening half and Cheikhou Kouyate had a goal correctly disallowed for marginal offside, while keeper Wayne Hennessey denied Jesse Lingard at the other end.
Lukaku also had a goal scrapped for fractional offside in the 57th minute before Andros Townsend spurned a gilt-edged chance for Palace when he shot wide from 10 metres after a good solo run.
Having introduced Marcus Rashford and Alexis Sanchez in the second half, United manager Jose Mourinho finished the match with all his forwards on the pitch but the home side failed to carve out any supply routes in the closing stages.
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What time does it start?
Manchester United vs Crystal Palace kicks off at 3pm (BST) on Saturday 24 November.
Where can I watch it?
The match will not be shown live on TV or online in the UK.
Independent Sport will keep you up to date with all the goals as they fly in via our live blog.
Highlights will be shown at 10:30pm on BBC One.
Player to watch…
Anthony Martial: The Frenchman pulled out of international duty with an abductor injury, but has been in excellent form of late. The 22-year-old has scored three goals in four games, including the penalty in United’s 3-1 loss to Manchester City. United’s best attacking work against City came through Martial, and while he wasn’t at his efficient best he will no doubt be a threat to the Palace defence.
Form guide…
Manchester United: DLWWWL
Crystal Palace: LLDLLL
Odds…
Manchester United to win: 2/5
Crystal Palace to win: 15/2
Draw: 15/4
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An alteration at left-back from Manuel Pellegrini: Aaron Cresswell replaces Arthur Masuaku.
Will this change spark a remarkable comeback against his former side?
West Ham 0-3 Manchester City, 48 minutes
Probably not. It's nearly four.
Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane both squander opportunities as Lukasz Fabianski saves from the latter.
GOAL! Fulham 2-2 Southampton (Stuart Armstrong, 53 minutes)
Stuart Armstrong walked onto the Craven Cottage pitch with no goals in English football, but now he's got two.
The Scotsman curls brilliantly past Sergio Rico to score his and Southampton's second to level things up against Fulham, who just can't stop conceding.
Watford 0-0 Liverpool, 55 minutes
Watford are fuming after Andrew Robertson brings down Will Hughes in the box. No penalty given...
Stonewall. The home side unfortunate.
Manchester United 0-0 Crystal Palace, 57 minutes
Another goal disallowed at Old Trafford, this time for the home team.
Romelu Lukaku latches onto a rebound after a questionable piece of goalkeeping from Wayne Hennessey but the Belgian striker was just offside when Ashley Young struck his effort.
Everton 0-0 Cardiff, 55 minutes
It's still 0-0 at Goodison Park, but only thanks to a fantastic intervention from Sol Bamba.
The big Ivorian cuts out Gylfi Sigurdsson's effort on the line.
GOAL! Everton 1-0 Cardiff (Gylfi Sigurdsson, 59 minutes)
He can't do anything about that one...
Theo Walcott breaks free but rather scuffs his shot. It is headed goalwards nonetheless and forces Neil Etheridge into a strong save, but the goalkeeper is powerless to prevent Sigurdsson slotting home the rebound to give Marco Silva's team the lead.
GOAL! Fulham 3-2 Southampton (Aleksandar Mitrovic, 63 minutes)
Fulham back on top.
Their third is again assisted by Ryan Sessegnon, though in very different fashion.
Cyrus Christie swings in a left-footed cross which finds Sessegnon's dome which in turn sends it onwards towards Mitrovic.
The Serbian striker powerfully volleys his second home past Alex McCarthy.
GOAL! Watford 0-1 Liverpool (Mohamed Salah, 63 minutes)
They'd been frustrated for more than an hour but Liverpool lead.
Sadio Mane works his way to the byline to cutback to Mohamed Salah and the Egyptian's short-range effort goes through Ben Foster on its way into the net.
1-0 to the visitors at Vicarage Road.
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