Jermaine Jenas
Ex-Spurs midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live last night

I’ve watched Gareth Bale go through periods at Real Madrid when he’s not been playing a lot and then he turns up for Wales and he’s an animal for them and he wins games single-handedly for them. That tells me when he finds that fire and love he has for his country, they find a way to get the best out of him.

He had the best part of two years left on his deal on about £500,000 a week. If he wasn’t motivated he could have said ‘I’m not going anywhere, I don’t want to play football anymore’. We’re hearing he wants a challenge.

Sometimes as a player you need something to light you back up again. Whether it’s going back to a club you love or just getting him and his family back to England to give him a lift, we don’t know his motivations. I know he had options and he’s decided to come back to the spotlight.

Mason Greenwood cuts in from the right but his shot is blocked by James McCarthy. I think we're going to see a Manchester United debutant soon.

Braide Sepribo: What's going on at United? Recruitment has been poor and it shows on the pitch. Can we even finish 6th?

Harrison Short: Harry Maguire must be an incredible leader, because nothing about his performances suggests that he should even be a Manchester United player, let alone captain

Ben Kellow: Ole won't last this season if United play like this.

Clever by Wilfried Zaha. Stupid by Harry Maguire. Zaha waits for Maguire to dive in and runs into him. Maguire is booked.

Former Manchester United target Erling Braut Haaland has just scored for Borussia Dortmund. They lead Borussia Monchengladbach 2-0.

Quick thinking by David de Gea to assess the threat. A long ball is played over the top to Wilfried Zaha but De Gea comes running out of his box, probably halfway to the centre circle, and beats Zaha to the ball.

Mason Greenwood's first real sniff at goal but he heads wide from Timothy Fosu-Mensah's cross. It was a free header.

United defender Timothy Fosu-Mensah - who once had a loan spell with Palace - is booked for chopping down Tyrick Mitchell.

Sho: Stark contrast between how quickly Palace players get back when they lose the ball compared to how United players just trudge back

Professor: Arguably, a terrible transfer window is not United's only problem. I don't think they're playing good football. Let's face the fact, United possess a better squad than Crystal palace. Under a better coach, the scoreline would be reading 4:0

Joel Ward is one of those Premier League players who you've known for years... but also know nothing about. I couldn't tell you a single thing about him.

Palace defender Joel Ward lets Mason Greenwood turn him and gets booked for fouling the youngster to stop him getting away.

Palace winger Andros Townsend just shimmies past a couple of defenders and has a shot which is deflected over the bar by Paul Pogba's toe.

Manchester United have won none of the last 13 Premier League games they were trailing at half-time, last doing so v Southampton in March 2019.

Gareth Bale is one of four Premier League players to win the PFA Players' Player of the Year on two occasions, after Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry and Cristiano Ronaldo.

He also only the second Premier League player to win both this award alongside the Young Player of the Year award in the same season, alongside Cristiano Ronaldo.

Paul Pogba glides past a couple of defenders and has a crack from distance, but Vicente Guaita can save it with relative ease.

Chris Lord: Already turning to Greenwood 45 minutes into the game has to be concerning

Richard Hann: United are no different from last season, very poor so far and the team selection awful. If players are fit enough to make the squad you should start with your strongest 11. Not McTominay and James surely? Defence is poor but we need to start our strongest players!

Steve Rossiter: The tactics were wrong, the players look short of energy, this is why we needed more players in. The glazers and Woodward are a disgrace and need to go before the club dies. It’s no coincidence that’s it has gotten worse and worse under them

United let Palace carve their way through the centre of the pitch but Jordan Ayew's long-range strike is caught by David de Gea.

Gareth Bale scored 55 goals and set up another 42 in 203 games during his first spell at Spurs.

All bar six of those goals came in his final three seasons when Harry Redknapp changed him from a left-back to an all-action winger.

The second half begins.