Ruben Amorim’s wait for back-to-back Premier League wins goes on after Crystal Palace took over Old Trafford before leaving with three points.
Buoyed by their dominant display in the Europa League on Thursday night, there was plenty of optimism filtering through the turnstiles about their prospects against Palace.
But despite a bright first 10 minutes this was a flat, turgid performance from a United side that started without a striker on the pitch as one of six changes from Romania.
Jean-Phillipe Mateta ran the show up top for the Eagles while former Man United goalkeeper Dean Henderson impressed in goal for Palace.