🦁 Man Utd thrashing at Crystal Palace leaves Ten Hag on the brink | OneFootball

Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United reign was pushed to the brink after a four-goal humiliation by Crystal Palace.

Scorers: Olise 13′, 69′ Mateta 40′, Mitchell 58′

The visitors lined up with Casemiro and Jonny Evans as their centre-back pairing while Bruno Fernandes was a rare absentee amid mounting injuries.

Michael Olise opened the scoring for the Eagles after just 13 minutes with a surging run past Christian Eriksen and Casemiro before firing beyond André Onana.

Ten Hag’s side were denied a potential leveller from Casemiro’s looping header after Rasmus Højlund was adjudged to have fouled Dean Henderson in the build-up.

Things went from bad to worse for the Red Devils before the half-time interval as Jean-Philippe Mateta beat Onana at his near post after sidestepping Jonny Evans.

United saw another Casemiro goal, this time from an Eriksen free kick, denied early into the second half after the midfielder was flagged offside.

But Oliver Glasner’s side continued to build their advantage as Tyrick Mitchell added a third shortly before the hour mark from Joachim Andersen’s cutback.

The humiliation continued for Ten Hag’s side after Daniel Muñoz dispossessed Casemiro before teeing up Olise for a sublime curling strike.

United continue to languish eighth in the Premier League table, six points adrift of European qualification, while Palace consolidated their 14th place standing.