Anthony Martial (R) had a quiet outing at Old Trafford
The Frenchman had enjoyed a fantastic start to the new season, scoring a goal in each of the two games in the league so far. Against Palace too, he was given the duty to lead the line for United, with Marcus Rashford and Daniel James alongside him.
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However, Anthony Martial appeared isolated in the opening stages and saw very little of the ball. On the few occasions that he did have the ball, the Frenchman did nothing of significance with it.
Martial was regularly bullied by the opposition center backs and did win quite a few free-kicks in the first half. Gary Cahill probably should have seen a red card for a last man tackle on the Frenchman. However, Crystal Palace were lucky to finish the first-half with 11 men on the field. Martial, strangely, failed to muster a single shot on goal in the first half.
The Frenchman failed to improve after the break and had very little contribution to the game. Solskjaer had elected Martial as the man to lead the United attack this season, but against Crystal Palace, the Frenchman was very poor and cost United the game.
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