Marcus Rashford started on the bench during Manchester United's 0-0 draw away to Crystal Palace on Saturday, with the forward unable to make an impact as a second-half substitute

Erik ten Hag has explained his decision to drop Marcus Rashord for Manchester United's game against Crystal Place despite the English forward finding his form again.

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 described Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp as “crazy” and insisted Marcus Rashford was not dropped from Manchester United’s team as they were held to a disappointing stalemate with Crystal Palace.

Manchester United will battle their rivals to sign one of the most in-form players in the Premier League in January and solve a problem position for Erik ten Hag.

Patrick Vieira has come to Erik ten Hag’s defence after the eruption of a media row over the Manchester United manager’s team selection.Following Man United’s frustrating goalless draw with

Marcus Rashford has been in and out of the Manchester United team this season, with Redknapp speculating that an incident has led to Erik ten Hag's decision to drop him

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

In the latest instalment of Erik ten Hag’s running battles with the Premier League’s pundit class, the Manchester United manager called out Jamie Redknapp’s assertion on Sky that something “untoward” had gone on between him and dropped forward Marcus Rashford as “crazy”.

Ahead of United’s trip to Palace, Ten Hag accused Rashford of lacking professionalism last term and said the forward was now benefitting from an improved attitude. However, the