Jesse Lingard – Showed a blistering turn of pace to start the counter leading to United’s second, finding Pogba’s late run to fire home. Looked deadly before making way shortly before the break. 7.
Wayne Rooney – Starting for the fifth consecutive match, the United captain was a figure of experience in a youthful side and nearly notched with an audacious lob inside the opening quarter of an hour. Didn’t have the pace or guile to trouble Palace much though and dropped deep at times. 6.
Josh Harrop – Another player given his full first-team debut, the 21-year-old looked eager to get into the game early on and announced himself at Old Trafford with a thunderous finish into the far corner. Played with unnerving confidence and was the most impressive debutant in Sunday’s win. 8.
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