Thing about Yohan Cabaye is, he can also put the boot in and he's booked for scything down Bastian Schweinsteiger. Wayne Rooney takes the free-kick deep on the left, but it sails too long. 

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Louis van Gaal looking pensive on the United bench. The Palace pans are in full voice, and no wonder. Wayne Rooney is being dispossessed quite easily so far. 

But Mike, I mean, Chris Smalling heads the corner away. Yohan Cabaye then overhits his subsequent cross. The French midfielder is always at the heart of things. I love watching him play. 

Palace are really putting the pressure on the United defence and the hosts win another corner. 

Replays show that Yannick Bolasie's shot was tipped onto the bar by David De Gea. The United goalkeeper saves the day again. No wonder they have so many clean sheets!

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From the resulting corner, it's Scott Dann who leaps highest for Palace and David De Gea tips his header over. From the following corner, there is a scramble but United clear. Breathless stuff so far and United under the cosh.

Yohan Cabaye takes the free-kick, it's cleared but finds its way to Yannick Bolasie on the opposite wing and he smashes a shot against the bar from the angle. Great effort. 

Juan Mata fouls Joel Ward deep in United territory wide on the left. Dangerous set-piece position. 

United midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin pings the ball on the diagonal into Anthony Martial, who is stationed on the left wing, but he mis-controls it and it goes out of play. 

United settle and it's Bastian Schweinsteiger on the ball, but it goes back to the goalkeeper David De Gea. Patient is one way of putting it. 

Palace striker Dwight Gayle gets the ball in the United penalty area from a throw-in but Yohan Cabaye dribbles to the byline and takes it out of play. United barely in Palace's half as yet.

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Wonder if Wilfried Zaha has a point to prove today after his frustrating spell at Manchester United? United right-back Matteo Darmian is coming under pressure on the opposite flank. He was the one who gave the ball away before Dwight Gayle's effort. 

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Wilfried Zaha, against his former club, is away down the right, crosses to Yannick Bolasie, but it falls to Dwight Gayle, who gives David De Gea an early tester. Good start for the Eagles. 

A rousing atmosphere at Selhurst Park. Manchester United get us are under way on a beautiful afternoon in south London. Referee Mike Jones in charge.

Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew on his plan for Wayne Rooney: “Wayne is a great player, and great players when they are down they respond and I’m sure he will be looking to show critics how good he is. We have a good game plan for him, hopefully but it’s about us today and when we get our opportunities we have to make the most of them.”

Simon Brotherton
MOTD commentator at Selhurst Park

"Back-to-back goalless performances have increased the public debate about the composition of Manchester United's forward line, but Crystal Palace have striking issues of their own to contend with.

"Surprisingly for a side as high as seventh in the table, none of their strikers have managed to score a single goal in the Premier League so far.

"Alan Pardew's side are more than capable of making it a difficult afternoon for United, but they've lost four of the last six in the league and have managed only four goals in the process - three of them penalties from Yohan Cabaye."

The players are out on the pitch and conducting their pre-match handshakes.

Alan Pardew makes a good point, and it was one also made by Paul Scholes. For all their lack of spark up front, Manchester United have certainly been keeping it tight at the back. They have six clean sheets this season and have conceded only eight goals, which is the best record in the Premier League this season on both counts. 

What was it former Liverpool defender Alan Hansen used to say? "Goals win you games, clean sheets win you championships."

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