Crystal Palace 0-0 Man Utd: Finishing lets Reds down again

This felt like a very similar story for Manchester United.

They were dominant in the opening half an hour but lacked a real cutting edge in front of goal.

United have the second-highest xG (expected goals) in the league, at 9.53 from their opening five games, but have only managed to score five times.

Only Southampton, who sit 18th, are underperforming their xG by more.

Lisandro Martinez will feel he should have scored after a corner fell to him in the box, while Alejandro Garnacho and particularly Bruno Fernandes will rue hitting the bar.

Denmark striker Rasmus Hojlund made his first appearance of the season off the bench and his availability will be a boost to Erik ten Hag, with summer signing Joshua Zirkzee well-marshalled by the Palace defence throughout.