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Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag says his players need to improve their decision-making after a second successive Premier League at Old Trafford.

Days after beating a weakened Crystal Palace 3-0 in the Carabao Cup, the Red Devils lost 1-0 against a full-strength Eagles team in the league.

United struggled to create clear-cut chances and once again conceded from a set-piece, with defender Joachim Andersen blasting one into the top corner to hand Roy Hodsgon’s side all three points.

The win for Palace means they are now unbeaten in each of their last four top-flight trips to Old Trafford under Hodgson, including winning the last three encounters.

Before the cup clash on Tuesday night, Hodgson admitted that the Premier League fixture was a much bigger priority and he did end up resting a number of key players for the midweek tie.

Manchester United took advantage of that and put in their best performance of the season by a country mile.

Some thought they had turned a corner after a dismal start to the season but against a Palace side that actually cared on Saturday, they fell to another defeat.

Speaking to Sky Sports, Ten Hag gave a similar excuse to the one he made after losing to Brighton a fortnight ago, claiming that Palace scored from one of “only three chances” in 90 minutes.

“It’s quite simple,” he said. “We conceded only three chances over the whole game – all three from set-plays. Then I think we got in good positions and then made poor decisions.

“We got into good positions and we had free players. We didn’t have an impact. The quality was just not good enough in that part of the game. The final part of the game we didn’t play our best game.”

Asked whether he understood the crowd’s frustration, he said: “I understand,