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
TEAM NEWS
Alvaro Morata and Willian get the nod ahead of Olivier Giroud and Pedro respectively, while Mateo Kovacic wins the battle for the final midfield spot for Maurizio Sarri's side.
Kick-off fast approaching at Wembley.
Spurs will be pleased to have one of their leaders back in the squad for today's game. Jan Vertonghen is on the bench after missing the last nine games with a hamstring injury.
On to the pitch come the players.
Chelsea in their bright yellow change strip, Spurs their customary white.
A London Derby to salivate over. Tottenham-Chelsea is almost underway...
The peep of Martin Atkinson's whistle gets the game underway.
1 minute
A bright start from Spurs, Heung-Min Son breaking free down the right and forcing a corner.
The first ball-in is turned behind for a repeat dose, and then Eric Dier heads way over the bar from the subsequent Christian Eriksen delivery.
2 minutes
A woeful goal kick from Kepa Arrizabalaga nearly hands Tottenham an early opportunity, but the home side can't profit.
Good opening couple of minutes from the hosts.
3 minutes
Dele Alli is nearly in behind but an untimely hop of the ball takes it into Kepa's hands.
Serge Aurier now whips in a lovely cross to the far post where Harry Kane has risen well, but the striker's header bounces off the top of Cesar Azpilicueta's dome and into the breadbasket of the Spanish keeper once again.
5 minutes
Lively start.
Alvaro Morata gets ahead of Juan Foyth to try to turn a cross goalwards, but his half-volley is over the bar.
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