Bright start as ever from Alan Pardew's Alert Palace, Scott Dann heading over a corner. Where will the Eagles end up this season?

Brightonare still unbeaten away from home after drawing 0-0 atBrentford- the Seagulls' ninth away draw of the season - in the Championship's early kick-off. 

However, Chris Hughton's side misses out on the chance to joinMiddlesbroughat the top of the table after Boro's scheduled game atBlackburn Roverswas postponed earlier in the day because of a waterlogged pitch at Ewood Park.

Cambridgehave continued their impressive run under Shaun Derry in League Two with a 3-0 win atDagenham and Redbridge, who are staying bottom of the Football League, with Robbie Simpson scoring twice.

Jason Roberts
Former West Brom striker on Football Focus

"If you look at the talent they have got in their squad, it’s clear that Manchester City really should be winning the league title this year. 

"City should be running away with it but they're not, because defensively they are not performing anything like they should be."

And there we go! Under way in the Premier League...

Jason Roberts
Former West Brom striker on Football Focus

"I watched Liverpool's 3-0 defeat by Watford and I saw that Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney had more desire than Jurgen Klopp's players. 

"Watford beat them up physically, and in the way they went about the game - their mentality - too. That will be have been a real disappointment for Klopp. I expected better things from him."

We are still waiting for Louis van Gaal to appear - we'll bring you all he has to say as soon as we know...

There are seven 15:00 GMT kick-offs today in the fourth tier.

Yeovil, who are in the relegation zone, visit leaders Plymouth, while third-placed Oxford are at home to Exeter.

Portsmouth, who could go top if several results go their way, are away to Leyton Orient.

Elsewhere, AFC Wimbledon are at home to Bristol Rovers, Barnet host Newport, Stevenage visit Crawley and Luton - yet to appoint a manager - are at home to Wycombe.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

Even Boycott is chipping in from South Africa...

There are seven games in League One today - all at 15:00 GMT.

Sean O'Driscoll's Walsall will go top of the table if they beat mid-table Millwall.

Bottom club Colchester face Southend in an Essex derby and Shrewsbury face relegation rivals Fleetwood - although neither side can drop into the bottom four.

Swindon are at home to third-placed Gillingham, fourth-placed Coventry host Port Vale, Doncaster are at home to Scunthorpe, Peterborough face Chesterfield and Swindon.

Stoke City

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Stoke manager Mark Hughes on MOTD:"In the first half the intensity of our play was similar to our win over Manchester City. We took our chances with two good finishes and we were terrific.

"At 2-0 down we could take in a lot of pressure from them, you always worry when you miss chances to make it 3-0 but we were reasonably comfortable."

There are eight 15:00 GMT games in the Championship - with huge games at both ends.

Charlton (23rd) face Bristol City (20th) and bottom club Bolton can close the gap on 22nd-placed Rotherham to one point if they win only their second league game of the season.

Hull (4th) v Burnley (5th) and Sheffield Wednesday (7th) v Birmingham (8th) see four play-off chasers in action.

In the other games, second-placed Derby host floundering Fulham, Ipswich host QPR, MK Dons are at home to Cardiff and Preston go to Huddersfield.

At 17:15, it's Wolves v Reading.

Stoke manager Mark Hughes is understandably delighted with his side's performance, saying his side planned to 'drain the confidence' from Manchester United with a fast start.

Full reaction to come. 

Maddy Raman: LVG has the look of a man who knows his managerial career has just come to an end.

James Fairweather: The wave goodbye of a man out of ideas, leading off a squad with no confidence, representing a club in need of a new leader

Marc Broderick: Slow, boring, lifeless, Bring in the Class of '92 and get rid of Van Gaal please!!! Soul-destroying football.

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Stoke forward Bojan Krkic: "For us, it is important when we play at home to start like this. We have good players and a good team and did really well today. When I play I always enjoy and try to work hard to help the team."

Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross: "Probably, we were the better team. We played great football and deserved it. We've changed our style of play. We have got some top forward players. 

"They (Man Utd) are a top team. They are struggling at the moment but I'm sure they will come through it."

Kevin Kilbane
Former Everton winger on Final Score

"I can't see Louis van Gaal staying beyond this now. On Tuesday he walked out of his press conference, and there has been an awful lot of pressure on him this week. 

"That performance was as bad as you will ever see from a Manchester United side."

"Eventually they will finish in the top four."

Manchester United have one backer in the Britannia Stadium. It's former United defender Ryan Shawcross...

Wayne Rooney pointedly goes out of his way to applaud Manchester United's large travelling support.

United have lost four competitive matches in a row within a single season for the first time since October-November 1961.  

We're talking Helen Shapiro, The Shadows.

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All over!

And is it all over for Louis van Gaal? He wears a look of defeat.

When Manchester United do break through the move comes to an end. Wayne Rooney gets the ball stuck under his feet and can only delay a pass to Juan Mata, whose shot is blocked!

Still Louis van Gaal is unmoved...