Piers Morgan wasted no time on social media after witnessing Manchester United’s manager, Erik ten Hag, and his team suffer a disappointing defeat against Crystal Palace.

Following Manchester United’s humbling 1-0 loss at home to Crystal Palace, Piers Morgan took a swipe at Erik ten Hag on social media.

This defeat marked a historic low for Manchester United, with four losses in their first seven Premier League games, a record unmatched in their history. Joachim Anderson, a Palace defender, secured the victory for the visitors with a splendid curling shot in the first half.

Although Manchester United attempted a comeback in the second half, they were repeatedly denied by Crystal Palace’s goalkeeper, Sam Johnstone. In the aftermath of another frustrating result for Ten Hag, Piers Morgan didn’t hesitate to add to the Dutchman’s woes.

Morgan shared a photo of himself smiling alongside Cristiano Ronaldo on social media, who left Manchester United after openly criticizing Ten Hag on Morgan’s show. Playfully, the talk show host captioned the image with a message: “Hi Erik,” complete with a waving emoji.

Morgan has been vocal in his criticism of Ten Hag since his fallout with Ronaldo. On Twitter, he posted another image of Ten Hag and Ronaldo along with the message: “REMINDER: One of these men was driven out of United because he was deemed ‘the problem’ at the club. Painfully obvious who the real problem was/is… (Clue: it wasn’t @Cristiano).”

Earlier in the week, before United’s 3-0 victory against Palace in the Carabao Cup, Morgan also took a jab at Ten Hag. After Mirror Football reported that Ten Hag had excluded Jadon Sancho from all first-team activities, Morgan wrote: “Ten Hag loves to humiliate his players… while his own managerial shortcomings continue to embarrass United.”

Ten Hag had to pick up the pieces after the match and criticized his team’s “poor” decision-making. He explained to Sky Sports: “It’s quite simple. We conceded only three chances over the whole game – all three from set-plays. Then I think we got in good positions and then made poor decisions.

“We got into good positions and we had free players. We didn’t have an impact. The quality was just not good enough in that part of the game. The final part of the game we didn’t play our best game.

“Of course it is frustrating. We were also many times close. You have to be sharp and clinical. It’s about decision making. We can’t change this result anymore. You always learn from the game and learn to do better from the final part of the game.”