Crystal Palace embarrassed Manchester United last season - but Erik ten Hag has a trick up his sleeve

Erik ten Hag smiled when he embraced Oliver Glasner but his smile didn't last long.

Manchester United's embarrassing 4-0 defeat at Selhurst Park at the beginning of May was their 13th of the Premier League season, which represented a new club record.

Paul Scholes was on punditry duty that night and likened the performance to the 4-1 defeat against Watford in November 2021, which was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's final game in charge.

"Tonight felt like the final nail in the coffin," Scholes told Premier League Productions. "There was a lack of know-how from the team, a lack of effort which is the big disappointing thing.

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"Going to a team like Crystal Palace... don't get me wrong, they're doing well, but whatever situation United are in, they shouldn't be going there and losing 4-0, it felt like the end.

"If it is the end, I'm not sure, because what's out there at the minute? I've felt he might get another year and work for a club that has calmed down a little bit by the new owners.

"It just doesn't feel like it now. Who's there to replace him? Now with Thomas Tuchel saying he's leaving Bayern Munich, it doesn't create a bigger problem for him [Ten Hag] because they are there to see.

"But it feels like he's on borrowed time and it feels like the end. I remember Ole Gunnar Solskjaer losing at Watford away, and it felt very similar to me - it felt like the end."

Ten Hag did the unthinkable just a few weeks after that heavy defeat and inspired United to a stunning FA Cup victory over Manchester City, which essentially saved his job.

The Selhurst Park debacle wasn't the final nail