Mourinho after drab draw
Marcus Rashford in an interview aired before the game. Of that quartet, only Lingard and Martial started against Palace, when the decision to replace ineffective Paul Pogba with Alexis Sanchez was met by cheers from some at Old Trafford.
Things could have been even worse for Mourinho’s men, who were tormented by former United forward Wilfried Zaha and had a Cheikhou Kouyate goal ruled out for offside – the same call that went against Romelu Lukaku.
United central defender Chris Smalling wasted a glorious chance, but then again, so did wide man Patrick van Aanholt for the Eagles. Asked if his side should have got more out of the game, Palace boss Roy Hodgson said: “That’s the constant lament.
“I get asked that question almost after every single game. I got asked the question after we played Arsenal and drew 2-2.
“It was a really good allround team performance and at least we got something from the game.
“On another day, if fate had been a bit kinder to us and if we had been a bit more clinical around the box, especially with those two very big chances we created, we could even have won it.” MANCHESTER united:
De Gea 6; Darmian 6, Smalling 5, Lindelof 5, Young 6; Lingard 5 (Fellaini 60, 5), Matic
6, Pogba 5 (Sanchez (68, 6), Mata 4 (Rashford (60, 6); Lukaku 6, Martial 6. Unused subs - Grant (Gk), Jones, Fred, Valencia.
CRYSTAL PALACE: Hennessey 7; Wanbissaka 7, Tomkins 7, Sakho 7, Van Aanholt 7; Mcarthur 7, Kouyate 7, Milivojevic 7, Meyer 7; Townsend 7 (Schlupp 88, 5), Zaha (Ayew, 90, 5). Unused subs - Guaita (Gk), Ward, Sorloth, Kelly, Puncheon.