Daniel James appeared to have salvaged a point for United with just a minute of regular time remaining, but United could not see the game out and Patrick Van Aanholt earned Palace a first league win at Old Trafford in 30 years as he finished off a swift counter-attack three minutes into time added on.
The late drama came after Marcus Rashford missed a 70th-minute penalty, having taken over spot-kick duties from Paul Pogba, who also missed a penalty in Monday's 1-1 draw at Wolves.
'We have to learn and we have to learn quickly,' said Solskjaer. 'From the last two games we should have got six points out of six if you look at the games as a neutral.
'We're two missed penalties away from sitting there smiling, happy with nine points.'
United enjoyed more than 70 per cent possession against Palace and had 22 shots at goal, but only James really threatened Vincente Guaita's goal, seeing a first-half shot blocked by Van Aanholt in front of the goalkeeper before bending in his late equaliser.
However, Palace took a 32nd-minute lead with their first chance of the game, a route-one goal as Jeremy Schlupp beat Victor Lindelof to Guaita's long punt forward to leave Jordan Ayew one-on-one with David De Gea.
'We didn't have enough urgency and penetration in the first half until they scored,' Solskjaer said. 'They never looked like creating anything. We felt maybe it was too easy. That's when you need that tempo change.
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