Man United 'by far not good enough' as defeat to Crystal Palace rocks European hopes

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag conceded his team is "underperforming" and the performance at Crystal Palace was "by far not good enough" as a 4-0 defeat left their hopes of playing European football next season hanging by a thread.

Palace completed a first Premier League double over United in style as Michael Olise scored twice, while Jean-Philippe Mateta and Tyrick Mitchell were also on target for the in-form Eagles.

Defeat left Ten Hag's men eighth in the table and at risk of both their worst Premier League finish and missing out on European competition next season.

With sixth-placed Newcastle in strong form and Chelsea, in seventh, belatedly clicking after a season of inconsistency, United face an uphill struggle to even qualify for the Europa Conference League.

Only three matches ago, United were in sixth and on course for the Europa League, but a run of one win, three defeats and four draws in their last eight games has seen Ten Hag's side slump at the worst time.

The Dutchman's future is in doubt with structural change ongoing at Old Trafford since British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe bought a minority stake and took sporting control of the club earlier this year.

"It's clear and it's obvious, this is under-performing," said Ten Hag. "We didn't act how we want to do it and this is by far not good enough. We are very disappointed. You have to stick together. You have to take responsibility."

The United manager was quick to highlight his squad's mounting injury crisis.

Captain Bruno Fernandes missed a club game through injury for the first time in his career, while England international duo Marcus Rashford and Harry Maguire were also absent.

The makeshift centre-back pairing of Casemiro and Jonny Evans were torn