Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho suggested that his players lacked the heart to take three points from the weekend's Premier League fixture after being held 0-0 by Crystal Palace.
The Reds' uneven league form continued unabated on Saturday as they failed to break down the determined Eagles at Old Trafford.
United dominated possession but could not find a way past Wayne Hennessey, with the home crowd reacting with sporadic jeers at the final whistle.
And Mourinho questioned his men's will to win as he tried to explain this latest slip.
"A bad result, no chance to see it as one point we win because there are two points we lost. Crystal Palace deserve the credit. They came for this and they got it and fought for it and gave everything for it," the manager told reporters.
"We used the sides very well and made them move to one sides and then go to the other but there was not enough intensity, not enough desire.
"It is a game we really need to win. If we play with the same philosophy against Young Boys then we won’t win and have to go to Valencia and win there. There are games that are special and not just one more: this was a special game, the first of eight Premier League games until the end of December and a game we need to win and it was not enough from the heart.
"You must play with brain and also with heart and I think there was not enough heart."
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