Manchester United came away with a point today after a goalless draw in their Premier League clash with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
But the Reds could have easily walked away with nothing today, after putting in a lethargic performance against the Eagles this afternoon. Palace easily had the better chances, and United failed to muster any clear cut chances of note. Only David de Gea’s reflexes prevented Yannick Bolasie from breaking the deadlock and the result keeps Louis van Gaal’s men in fourth.
Here’s what the United manager had to say after the game:
Palace showed a lot of aggression. They won every ball in the first quarter of the first half – the second and third ball was always for Crystal Palace, so they built up a lot of pressure on us. But, after 15 minutes, we came into the match and created a few chances. In the second half, we could not develop our positional game and could not keep the ball, so we could not create too many chances. Our defensive organisation was good – we didn’t give too much away.
Of course it [the lack of goals] is a concern. I said that after the match against Middlesbrough, when we created a lot of chances. You have to finish the chances. In the last minute of the first half, Ander Herrera could have finished it but he didn’t. I asked him and he didn’t know why, so that is a pity. But I can’t complain about the result because I don’t think we were the better team today.
I cannot do anything anymore because we cannot train: we can only recover and recover. We have to score in the next match and then everybody will be happy again, and especially against CSKA Moscow it is very important to score.
Comments.
Loading comments…