'Impressed': Alan Shearer picks £29m United star in Team of the Week instead of Andre Onana
Manchester United continued their unbeaten streak with a goalless Premier League draw at Crystal Palace on Saturday evening.
The Red Devils dominated the proceedings in the opening hour at Selhurst Park, but they could have been two or three goals ahead.
However, they lacked the cutting edge in the final third and ended up sharing the spoils.
There were a number of good performances with Andre Onana standing out with his spectacular double save during the second half.
Alan Shearer has now picked Diogo Dalot in his Premier League Team of the Week.
Shearer said: “He impressed as he inverted into midfield and defended well as Man Utd made it back-to-back clean sheets.”
Dalot has started from the left-back position since the start of the top-flight campaign after a pre-season injury sustained by Luke Shaw.
His league performances have been a mixed bag, but the 25-year-old was solid against Palace with six duels won and eight ball recoveries.
The £29 million-rated star had 77 touches with a passing accuracy of 91%. He created three chances and completed 100% of his dribbles.
The onus is now on him finding consistency as he could lose his starting position in the long run.
Noussair Mazraoui has been a revelation from right-back since his debut last month and should keep his starting position.
Dalot will need to be error-proof over the forthcoming games to ensure that Shaw does not displace him on his comeback.
The Portuguese is expected to start on Wednesday when United welcome Twente in the first league game of the Europa League.
The backline could stay unchanged, but there could be changes higher up the field.
Manuel Ugarte and Marcus Rashford could come into the XI ahead of Christian Eriksen and Amad Diallo respectively in our view.
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