Defiant Ten Hag: United lost plot in Palace defeat

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- Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterMay 6, 2024, 06:40 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011 • Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours • Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 REACTIONS Eric ten Hag vowed to keep fighting as Manchester United manager, but said his players did not follow the "plan and script" in their 4-0 defeat to Crystal Palace on Monday.
The defeat leaves them in eighth, out of the qualification spots for Europe, and the alarming manner of the defeat only served to increase the pressure on Ten Hag, who said this defeat was lowest point of the season.
Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) United were without new absentees Bruno Fernandes, Scott McTominay and Harry Maguire for the trip to Selhurst Park, leaving them with a makeshift centre-back combination of Casemiro and Jonny Evans.
He added: "This was the fourth defeat in 2024, so far, you have always seen a team that was following a script, we had a lot of wins and hard to beat, and today we weren't hard to beat.