Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag was pleased that his team "ate Palace alive" but was ultimately left to lament that his men let what felt like a sure victory slip through their hands in a 0-0 Premier League draw with Crystal Palace on Saturday.

On the 30-minute mark, Ten Hag and Ruud van Nistelrooy urged Amad to compose himself after an overzealous foul, loath to granting Palace a route into a match they had not turned up for. Garnacho did not get the message and cynically conceded a foul that warranted a booking, buoying a crowd that had sounded like mutineers for portions of the half.