Erik Ten Hag can see only improvement and great strides forward, although five games in, Manchester United are 11th with seven points and strong indications that the kind of volatility that has characterised their last decade still haunts them.

Erik ten Hag has hit out at pundits for speculating about the reason for Marcus Rashford's benching against Crystal Palace.

Manchester United were held to a goalless draw by Patrick Vieira's former club Crystal Palace after Erik ten Hag left Marcus Rashford out of the starting line-up