Manchester United fail to crack Crystal Palace
Relive all of the action from the Premier League fixture at Old Trafford
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Your support makes all the difference.A tepid Manchester United dented their hopes of catching up with the Premier League's top four after failing to spark in a dour 0-0 home draw with 15th-placed Crystal Palace on Saturday.
The result left United in seventh place on 21 points from 13 games, 14 adrift of leaders Manchester City and six behind fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur, who were hosting third-placed Chelsea in the 1730 GMT kick-off.
Striker Romelu Lukaku returned to United's starting line-up after being dropped in four previous games in all competitions but he looked rusty and the home side were fortunate to scrape a share of the spoils against the more adventurous visitors.
Wilfried Zaha and Patrick Van Aanholt came close for Palace in the opening half and Cheikhou Kouyate had a goal correctly disallowed for marginal offside, while keeper Wayne Hennessey denied Jesse Lingard at the other end.
Lukaku also had a goal scrapped for fractional offside in the 57th minute before Andros Townsend spurned a gilt-edged chance for Palace when he shot wide from 10 metres after a good solo run.
Having introduced Marcus Rashford and Alexis Sanchez in the second half, United manager Jose Mourinho finished the match with all his forwards on the pitch but the home side failed to carve out any supply routes in the closing stages.
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What time does it start?
Manchester United vs Crystal Palace kicks off at 3pm (BST) on Saturday 24 November.
Where can I watch it?
The match will not be shown live on TV or online in the UK.
Independent Sport will keep you up to date with all the goals as they fly in via our live blog.
Highlights will be shown at 10:30pm on BBC One.
Player to watch…
Anthony Martial: The Frenchman pulled out of international duty with an abductor injury, but has been in excellent form of late. The 22-year-old has scored three goals in four games, including the penalty in United’s 3-1 loss to Manchester City. United’s best attacking work against City came through Martial, and while he wasn’t at his efficient best he will no doubt be a threat to the Palace defence.
Form guide…
Manchester United: DLWWWL
Crystal Palace: LLDLLL
Odds…
Manchester United to win: 2/5
Crystal Palace to win: 15/2
Draw: 15/4
44 minutes
Hugo Lloris rises well to collect a cross, and Spurs will relieve a little pressure that had started to build as Chelsea pushed forward.
45 minutes
Eden Hazard again goes down but, on this occasion, that's clearly not a penalty. Moussa Sissoko's challenge is legitimate, and Martin Atkinson correctly shakes his head.
Two added minutes at the end of the half.
45 + 1 minutes
What a save!
Another chance for Heung-Min Son, arriving brilliantly to volley Christian Eriksen's magical chipped cut-back towards the bottom corner.
Kepa Arrizabalaga has to be swift to parry the controlled side-foot away.
45 + 2 minutes
Ben Davies beats Eden Hazard to a header at the far post, and the Belgian clatters into the back of the Welsh left back.
Hazard is booked.
Chelsea poor, Tottenham excellent: it is 2-0 to the home team at Wembley.
In truth, Chelsea are lucky to only be two goals behind - Heung-Min Son has wasted a string of chances for Spurs and Kepa Arrizabalaga has made a couple of superb saved.
But goals from Dele Alli and Harry Kane (thanks to an odd dodge from David Luiz) leave the home team in a strong position heading into the second half.
A half of anguish for this man.
Can Maurizio Sarri's side turn it around in the second?
Back underway at Wembley. As things stand, Chelsea's unbeaten start to the season is coming to an end. What does the second half have in store for us?
46 minutes
No half time changes from either team.
David Luiz's diagonal nearly frees Willian but the bouncing ball is just too heavy for the Brazilian winger to latch on to.
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