EPL: We got punished against Man Utd - Crystal Palace coach, Vieira

Crystal Palace manager, Patrick Vieira, has said his side paid the price for Jordan Ayew's miss against Manchester United on Sunday.

Fred scored from a Mason Greenwood lay-off shortly after Ayew squandered a great chance to give the visitors the lead.

The Ghanaian forward saw his shot go wide of David de Gea's post when it looked easy to score.

"It wasn't our best performance. We defended well as a team but in possession, we weren't brave enough. I strongly believe there was space for us to play better.

"I thought the game would end as a draw; both teams didn't create many chances. When we had the opportunity to score through Jordan [Ayew], we didn't take it and we got punished straight away. This is the higher level, we need to learn, we need to learn fast.

"When you look at the number of chances they created, I think a draw would have been a fair result. I'm disappointed with the result, but we have to keep working," Vieira said.