Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson had no complaints after their 3-1 defeat at home to Manchester United.

United were comfortable winners on the night.

Hodgson said, "I thought that the best team won, I thought that in the first half we worked hard to keep our shape and keep them at bay but the fact is they had a lot of control. I think at times in trying to keep our shape, we were guilty of a bit of passivity on occasions.

"I didn't think there were a lot of chances in the first half but they certainly took theirs well. I thought we started the second half very brightly and the second goal was a real cold shower because the first five or six minutes we looked like we could do something here. It's a great credit to the players that despite the second goal they continued on the front foot as they tried to start the second half, and actually we got back into the game."