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Jack Rosser

Crystal Palace vs Manchester United player ratings: Bruno Fernandes flops as Joel Ward and Ebere Eze impress

Crystal Palace made it three games unbeaten as they battled to hold Manchester United to a 0-0 draw.

Palace made a fast start with Benteke firing over the bar early on and were solid at the back, reducing their visitors to half chances for the entire first half.

Jordan Ayew fired at Dean Henderson early in the second before finding Christian Benteke with a cross from the right only for the Belgian to miss-hit his effort.

Palace continued to frustrate United with Bruno Fernandes struggling to make his mark. Without the Portuguese on form United’s attempts to break the Palace back line were somewhat helpless, Mason Greenwood came closest in the second half when firing over the bar from range.

Patrick van Aanholt missed a golden chance late on as he failed to convernt one-on-one against Dean Henderson.

Crystal Palace (4-4-2): Guaita 6, Ward 8, Kouyate 8, Cahill 7, van Aanholt 7, Milivojevic 7, McCarthy 6 (Riedewald 6), Townsend 7, Eze 7 (Schlupp 6), Ayew 6, Benteke 7 

Subs not used: Butland, Dann, Mateta, Schlupp, Wickham, Batshuayi, Kelly, Hannam

Man Utd(4-2-3-1): Henderson 6, Wan Bissaka 6, Bailly 6, Maguire 6, Shaw 6, Fred 5 (McTominay 6), Matic 6, Greenwood 6, Fernandes 5, Rashford 5, Cavani 5 (James 6)

Subs not used: Lindelof, Grant, Diallo, Alex Telles, Williams, Tuanzebe,, Shoretire

Top: Joel Ward

Epitomised everything that was good about Crystal Palace. Hardly gave Marcus Rashford an inch and battled throughout to protect the back line.

Flop: Bruno Fernandes

Looks shattered and bereft of ideas. Palace marshalled him well but the Portuguese had little impact on the game.

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