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Danny Murphy has questioned the logic behind Manchester United players' preparation for the second-half of their crushing defeat by Crystal Palace.
The former Liverpool midfielder watched on as his old rivals were humbled 4-0 at Selhurst Park on Monday night, as goals from Michael Olise, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Tyrick Mitchell inflicted a 13th loss in the league.
Erik ten Hag's side were 2-0 down going into the break and required a herculean effort to turn around their fortunes. However, when speaking on commentary for talkSPORT, Murphy was astounded by what United players did after emerging from the tunnel.
'There's a member of [Erik] ten Hag's staff that's run from the dugout to the corner flag where they come out here at Palace. He's put three yellow cones down and three red about a yard apart.
'As the players come out, he insisted that each one of them did a little short, fast burst of little short steps in between the three cones and then sprint off into the middle of the pitch.
Danny Murphy was left astounded by United players after they remerged from the tunnel for the second half
Manchester United were thrashed 4-0 by Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Monday night
Erik ten Hag's side suffered their 13th Premier League defeat of the campaign and fell to eighth in the table
'Like that's going to make any difference, look at them now standing around chatting because they're
