Manchester United v Crystal Palace player ratings: Maguire 8, Martial 8; Ebiowei 7, Ayew 3

Manchester United made it three pre-season friendly wins in a row after a comfortable 3-0 victory over a lethargic Crystal Palace in front of more than 76,000 fans at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday.

French forward Anthony Martial scored for the third game in a row after being given time to control and finish a Diogo Dalot cross from the right in the first half.

Three minutes after the break it was 2-0 after a quality United move involving Martial, Jadon Sancho and substitute Donny van de Beek was finished off by Marcus Rashford.

Another fine team effort started with goalkeeper David de Gea and ended with Martial flicking on a Rashford pass for Sancho to race through and slot home just before the hour mark to make it three.

Jean-Philippe Mateta was denied a goal for Palace with three Eagles players in offside positions but Joel Ward did head home in the 74th minute, although De Gea will be disappointed not to have kept it out.

United were reduced to 10 men in the dying minutes after substitute Will Fish was sent off for a professional foul on Victor Akinwale but a third win was safely in the bag — having already beaten Liverpool and Melbourne Victory.

It was a poor performance from Patrick Vieira's side, although they were not helped by the early loss of Jack Butland after the goalkeeper injured his hand saving a Martial shot after just 10 minutes.

Vieira has a youthful squad in Australia, with a number of key players not making the trip, although it was his senior players on the pitch who looked particularly off the pace.

It was a second straight defeat for the young Palace side, after losing 2-0 to Liverpool in Singapore on Friday. They now take on Leeds United in Perth on Friday. United also head to Perth as they