Erik ten Hag has explained that he took off Wout Weghorst on the hour mark to try and give Crystal Palace a different type of test for the final half an hour in Saturday’s 2-1 victory.
The striker mustered just one attempt at goal - a header - and had a mere 44 per cent success rate from his nine passes on his sixth appearance for the Reds. Weghorst was named in the line-up after Anthony Martial was ruled out again with injury.
The Dutchman has scored once in his 439 minutes since his January switch. He couldn’t double his tally against the Eagles on Saturday and with United looking for a second, he was replaced by Alejandro Garnacho as Marcus Rashford moved into a more central role to spearhead the attack.
