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Manchester United strolled to an easy victory after a terrible performance by Crystal Palace at a half-empty Old Trafford.
Louis van Gaal's team won 2-0 but barely had to get out of second gear with Alan Pardew's team seemingly uninterested in offering any kind of fight.
It started badly for the visitors when captain Damien Delaney inexplicably turned a Matteo Darmian cross into his own net despite beign under no pressure from a United player.
Palace barely even attempted to get back into the game, failing to even have a shot on target.
In fact, the only reason the score stayed at 1-0 was because goalkeeper Julian Speroni, playing his first game of the season, bothered to show up.
The second half followed the same pattern with Manchester United dominating possession and chances.
When Darmian lashed home a half-volley 10 minutes into the second-half, the game was over.
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Show all 22 1 /22Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings MANCHESTER UNITED: David De Gea- 6 out of 10 Did he even touch the ball? Didn't need to as Palace failed to put a shot on target.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Antonio Valencia - 7 out of 10 Got up and down well on the right hand side, often becoming a true right winger as Mata pushed inside.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Chris Smalling - 7 out of 10 Kept Adebayor at arm's length in a controlled, commanding performance.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Daley Blind - 7 out of 10 Another classy showing from the Dutchman but never tested.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Matteo Darmian - 8 out of 10 Zaha gave the Italian some problems on United's left hand side but he made up for it with a the cross that led to the first and a fantastic strike for the second.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Jesse Lingard - 7 out of 10 Played ok, but never needed to get out of second gear.
Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Morgan Schneiderlin - 8 out of 10 Shielded the defence well and helped set the tone for a dominant United performance.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Juan Mata - 9 out of 10 Started on the right but was everywhere, proving at his best just in behind the striker. Provided several telling passes and crosses but the finishing wasn't quite up to scratch.
Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Wayne Rooney - 8 out of 10 Looking good in a central midfield role although he was given free run at Old Trafford.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Anthony Martial - 7 out of 10 Thwarted on a couple of occasions by Speroni, the Frenchman may want to play through the middle but he is more of a threat out wide.
Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Marcus Rashford - 5 out of 10 Not the greatest showing by the youngster, who wasted a couple of decent chances.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings CRYSTAL PALACE: Julian Speroni - 9 out of 10 The only Crystal Palace player who can truly say he gave his all. Pulled off a string off fantastic saves in his first appearance of the season.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Martin Kelly - 4 out of 10 Run ragged by Anthony Martial, Kelly could not deal with the pace or movement of the Frenchman.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Adrian Mariappa - 4 out of 10 Listless performance from the centre-back who never dealt with United's frontline.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Damien Delaney - 2 out of 10 Absolutely shocking own goal in the opening minutes that saw Crystal Palace's game plan go out of the window before it had even started.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Pape Souare - 3 out of 10 Didn't get close to Juan Mata.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Mile Jedinak - 2 out of 10 Allowed Wayne Rooney to do whatever he wanted, no hint of a challenge by the Australian.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Yohan Cabaye - 4 out of 10 Looked better on the ball than his team-mates but looks tired and lost after a long season.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Lee Chung-yong - 1 out of 10 Anonymous
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Wilfried Zaha - 5 out of 10 The one Palace player who actually tried to make something happen, Zaha got the better of Darmian a couple of times but Palace couldn't take advantage.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Bakary Sako - 3 out of 10 Didn't threaten at all as an attacker.
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Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - player ratings Emmanuel Adebayor - 2 out of 10 Had one half chance early in the game that he snapped at and shinned wide. After that barely had a touch.
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