I saw what Ruud van Nistelrooy can do for Man United vs Crystal Palace - Erik ten Hag is desperate

Manchester United failed to end their winless run at Selhurst Park. Erik ten Hag couldn't push his side to continuing the goalscoring form of midweek into Premier League action. And once again supporters leave with more questions than answers.

It was one of those nights for the Red Devils. Undoubtedly a better performance and result compared to four months ago when Ten Hag left south London as a dead man walking, but bettering a 4-0 defeat is hardly the aspirations of a club which has spent billions of pounds to improve.

For much of this relatively entertaining 0-0 draw (it is likely to have triple the amount of big chances that Manchester City and Arsenal's blockbuster clash on Sunday will manage) United did look to have come on significantly. Even with Diogo Dalot at left-back and Christian Eriksen in a deeper midfield role, there was enough to gleem from a strong opening 45 that suggested the 3-0 victory over Southampton wasn't just a flash in the pan.

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However, much like they did against Chelsea prior to the international break, Palace stood resolute and remained in the match. Against the flow of proceedings they hit back themselves and caused issues for United as the evening went on.

The result leaves Ten Hag with six points from five matches once again. Fans would be forgiven for questioning what sort of progress has been made given his previous two starts to a league season had the same tally at this stage.

Here, MEN Sport takes a look at some of the finer points from the match.

Such was United's territorial advantage, Kobbie Mainoo and