Erik Ten Hag can see only improvement and great strides forward, although five games in, Manchester United are 11th with seven points and strong indications that the kind of volatility that has characterised their last decade still haunts them.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag was pleased that his team "ate Palace alive" but was ultimately left to lament that his men let what felt like a sure victory slip through their hands in a 0-0 Premier League draw with Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Manchester United ate Crystal Palace alive, says Erik ten Hag, as Oliver Glasner expresses shock - United hit the crossbar twice before the hosts grew into the game