(Football news) The Red Devils were thrashed 4-0 at Selhurst Park by Oliver Glasner’s team, with Michael Olise scoring a brace and Jean-Philippe Mateta and Tyrick Mitchell also finding the scoreboard.
This is the first time in the club’s history that the Red Devils have lost to Crystal Palace twice in a single season, underscoring the severity of their decline in performance. The visitors feel that they had a legitimate goal disallowed in the first half after Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson was adjudicated to have been fouled in the build-up.
Manchester United have made a critical decision over the future of Ten Hag following Monday’s sobering defeat in the capital. The report claims that the Red Devils will not part ways with the Dutchman before their FA Cup final meeting with local rivals Man City on May 25.
It is understood that the United hierarchy will give Ten Hag the chance to guide the club to its first piece of silverware this season against Pep Guardiola’s troops. This is despite calls from a host of pundits and former Manchester United players for the club to move in a different direction ahead of the 2024-25 term.
Ten Hag’s troops booked their spot in the showpiece Wembley match with a penalty-shootout victory over Championship side Coventry City in the semi-finals. Monday’s defeat at Crystal Palace was a new low for Man United this season, although there are mitigating factors as to why such a heavy defeat was suffered.
An injury crisis has taken grip of Ten Hag’s squad, forcing the former Ajax boss to field a centre-back pairing of Casemiro and Jonny Evans, combining to an age of 68.
For the first time in his professional career, Red Devils talisman Bruno Fernandes missed a match due to injury, meaning that Mason Mount started in the advanced-midfield role.
Facing a well-structured Palace side, Ten Hag was forced to fill his bench with a number of academy players, including 18-year-old Ethan Wheatley, who came on in the final 10 minutes.
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