MANCHESTER UNITED FRIED BLANK IN 0-0 DRAW 

With Manchester United legend Paul Scholes openly criticising Louis van Gaal’s approach and “philosophy” – the best response would have been to play with an open attacking display against Crystal Palace and throw caution to the wind. Sadly, for van Gaal, the United fans and Paul Scholes – the legendary midfielder was proved right as United struggled to find any momentum that would suggest come May, the club will be challenging for the league title.

With the exception of the Arsenal game, United have become difficult to beat and breakdown, although Yannick Bolasie was unlucky not to open the scoring with a thundering shot parried on to the bar by David De Gea. Wayne Rooney, who is continuing to come under fire from United fans for his below par performances the season, should have opened the scoring following a superb through pass by Anthony Martial.

United will struggle to keep up with title chasing Manchester City and Arsenal – both of whom won yesterday – with performance that are laboured, sluggish and lack any real cutting edge. United are not creating chances, which is one of the main problems outlined by Paul Scholes. Will the philosophy come good or will United slowly see any title challenge slip away?

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Manchester United’s lack of chances this season

Scholes was extremely critical at the lack of creativity under the Louis van Gaal regime. United’s former midfield genius is 100% right in his assessment, and the stats back it up. Below is a tweet from SkySports earlier in the day, highlighting just how low United are in terms of creating chances per gameView image on Twitter