GROUND HAG DAY

Goalden Eagles stun Erik flops again

- JOHN CROSS

ERIK TEN HAG stood on the touchline with a face like thunder. 

These are the sort of performances and defeats that get managers the sack. And with his future already uncertain, it is impossible to see Ten Hag surviving.

Manchester United hit a humiliating new low as Crystal Palace completed a season double over them.

Once the greatest club in the world, they are now eighth and heading towards a season without European football.

This was a betrayal of the shirt and the biggest argument yet for Sir Jim Ratcliffe changing the manager.

There was a collection of big-money players out on the pitch – Antony was £80m, Rasmus Hojlund £73m and Casemiro has won 75 caps for Brazil – yet none of them lived up to their reputations.

United captain Bruno Fernandes was missing through injury for the first time in his entire club career, leaving a ramshackle group of players who did not seem to know what they were doing.