STOP MARTIAL AND YOU STOP MANCHESTER UNITED, SAYS PARDEW

The Eagles boss says his side identified the
teenager as the dangerman after stopping the
Red Devils from scoring for a third consecutive
match
Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew said stopping
Anthony Martial was crucial as the Eagles held
Manchester United to a 0-0 draw on Saturday.
The Red Devils failed to score for a third
successive match at Selhurst Park with Louis van
Gaal admitting after the match his side "created
nothing".
Martial began the game out wide before switching
to a more central role, to no avail, and Pardew
says his side had targeted the teenager as
United's main threat.
"We didn't give Martial an inch," he told reporters
after the game. "Not an inch.
"It was a big target for us to stop him and we felt
that if we could stop him we could stop their
creative angle.
"And when you take into account his age, that's
some recommendation.
"I have to say that he's an impressive young
player. I think he handled himself very well today,
because he would have felt our presence around
him, and still he had moments in the game.
"With such a young player, he'll have to be very,
very careful, the Manchester United manager, to
keep his exuberance there. Because we're all
looking to stop him."
Captain Wayne Rooney came in for criticism after
another quiet display but Pardew defended the
England international who he feels lacked service.
"In defence of Wayne I didn't really think he got a
lot of good possession, I didn't think he had a lot
of chances to create anything," he added.
"I thought we bossed the second half, and in the
first half he didn't get a lot of crosses, so it's very
difficult for him to have an influence on the game.

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