Crystal Palace have sacked manager Pierre Sage after just five months in charge with the side rock bottom of the Premier League, the club have confirmed.
Sage, hired in the summer as the replacement for Oliver Glasner, lost his job barely an hour after Michael Carrick was sacked by Manchester United. They are the first two Premier League managers to be sacked this season.
Palace have just two wins from 10 games in England's top flight, with a 2-1 loss to Liverpool on Sunday -- their fourth straight defeat in the league - leaving the team in last place on seven points.
It is the first time the club has been bottom of the Premier League after a complete round of games since 2017. Palace have also won just one of their four matches in the Europa League.
In a club statement, Palace said: "Crystal Palace Football Club can confirm that Pierre Sage has left his role as Manager.
"Three members of Pierre's coaching staff -- Jamal Alioui, Damien Della Santa and Sandy Guichard -- have also left the club.
"The club would like to place on record its thanks to Pierre and his staff for their efforts during their time in South London, and wish them well for the future.
"An update on the process of appointing a new Manager will be provided in due course."
Sage arrived from Lens in June and had the daunting task of succeeding Oliver Glasner, who established himself as a club great after leading Palace to three trophies in two years: The FA Cup, the Community Shield and the Conference League.
Before that, Palace had never won a major trophy.
Sage was partly hired because he deployed the same 3-4-3 formation as Glasner, but the club hasn't backed the Frenchman with a deep enough squad to handle a tough schedule that mostly demands a game every three or four days because of Europa League commitments.
The departure of key defenders Maxence Lacroix, to Chelsea, and Daniel Muñoz, who followed Glasner to Nottingham Forest, has weakened the backline, and continued the theme of Palace being unable to keep hold of all of its best players.
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Other Palace stars departing in recent years include Michael Olise, Eberechi Eze and Marc Guéhi
Sage arrived in south London after an impressive spell at Lens, where he secured a second-place Ligue 1 finish and won the Coupe de France.
He had previously managed Lyon, guiding the French club away from relegation trouble and into European competition.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.