Key events
71 min As things stand, Palace are 16th with three points and United are 11th with seven. Both teams badly need a win.
67 min For the past few minutes Kobbie Mainoo has been showing why he made Englandâs first XI in the summer. Some lovely little flicks lead to a United free kick. Eriksen curls it in and De Ligt thinks thereâs a Palace handball in the moshpit, but the check is now complete and the stalemate goes on.
66 min Sub for Palace: Nketiah off, Will Hughes on to bolster the midfield.
Saves! By Onana
62 min Onana gets down low to make a fine save from Eddie Nketiah, then somehow gets up again to thwart Ismaila Sarr as he bears down on to gobble up the rebound. That was almost Raya-like.
64 min Martinez goes into the book for a stamp on the edge of the Palace area. Not even Martin Lancon (18:29) will defend that one.
62 min Rashford plays his part in a crisp move with Mainoo and Fernandes. The ball falls to Garnacho, whose shot draws yet another save from Henderson.
Heeeereâs Rashford
62 min Zirkzee off, Rashford on, so heâll be the No 9 for now.
60 min Better from Palace, who string together some passes. A low cross heads for Sarr, who goes down inside the box under pressure from De Ligt. You can guess what the crowd think about this, but the ref doesnât agree.
59 min Marcus Rashford is getting his kit on.
58 min Eriksen starts a flowing move and should finish it too, but he canât quite get a shot away.
56 min Garnacho, after a quiet spell, races onto a long through ball, but his first touch is more of a back pass to Henderson.
54 min At half-time Phil Jones pointed out that Diogo Dalot was tucking in and playing as a No 6. That seems to be the key to making the Eriksen-Mainoo pivot work: Dalotâs muscular presence frees Mainoo to play his neat little passes and Eriksen to concentrate on being creative. But it still hasnât brought a goal.
52 min Big chance for United! Fernandes exchanges passes with Zirkzee and finds himself clean through near the penalty spot, but off balance. He hits the ball with the outside of his right boot and canât quite bend it inside the left-hand post.
51 min Unitedâs umpteenth corner yields only a mishit from the edge of the box by Fernandes.
49 min Chance for United! Itâs Amad again, cutting in from the right and curling a shot over Henderson, who gets a hand to it as itâs dipping.
48 min Thereâs a melée and a handball by Lerma, I think, which brings a United free kick. When they break, Eriksen very nearly plays a great through ball to Amad.
46 min Palace carry on where they left off just before the break. Eze wiggles past three United players and wins a corner.
Subs for Palace! Ismaila Sarr and Jefferson Lerma, replacing Adam Wharton and Jean-Philippe Mateta. So presumably Eddie Nketiah will move into the middle.
Palace are showing the fans their new mascot. Sheâs an actual eagle, only four months old, called Phoenix.
And hereâs Geoff Ashworth. âIf Matthijs came from Friesland and played for Galatasaray, he would be the Fries Turkish De Ligt.â
âGarnacho,â says Martin Lancon. âWas that really a yellow? In Crystal Palace half, not dangerous, not a build-up of offences?â Itâs a fair point.
Erik ten Hag has a simple decision to make: stick or twist. On past form, heâll stick for at least 15 minutes, because Garnacho and Zirkzee have been pretty good. But Rashford must be itching to get out there.
HALF-TIME! Palace 0-0 Man United
After only a minute of added time, the whistle goes. For the past two minutes, Palace have been as dangerous as we expected. And although United have played well, they have sweet FA to show for it. The best player has been Dean Henderson, the best attacker Alejandro Garnacho
45 min You wait 44 minutes for a Palace shot, then ⦠Mateta has a go from distance, but Martinez has no trouble blocking it.
Palace have a shot!
44 min Nketiah does well, motoring sideways, holding off Mainoo, and slipping a through ball to Mitchell. His cutback finds Eze, whose crisp low shot draws a first save from Onana.
42 min Save! Henderson tips the ball round the post as Zirkzee gets a flick on a low cross from Fernandes.
41 min Half-chance for Mainoo, in that zone he loves, whence he scored at Wolves. He strikes the ball well but it hits the head of Eriksen, who responds with a wry smile.
40 min A lovely flowing move from United, a series of diagonals from Eriksen at left-half to Amad on the right wing. His backheel releases Fernandes, whose chipped cross floats too close to Henderson.
38 min Wharton takes the corner short, gets the ball back but canât put his cross past Amad, who takes a blow in a painful place.
38 min Better from Palace, who whip in a free kick and win a corner off the head of Zirkzee.
36 min Garnacho loses the ball on the edge of the area, sprints back to retrieve it, commits a foul and goes into the book.
