Brentford 1 v Manchester United 3. Despite his team losing last night Brentford manager Thomas Frank confirmed they “destroyed” us, just like he said they “battered” Leicester City back in October. They lost that game as well.
Yes United were lucky not to be behind at half-time thanks to some superb saves from David de Gea, who once again kept us in a match. Mathias Jensen could have had a hat-trick as Brentford created numerous chances to our none. Not that we weren’t in the game, we were and controlled it at times, but when Brentford broke quickly they did look dangerous and we struggled to cope.
Their chances came from our poor passing (thankfully not as many as usual, so signs of improvement) as well as not winning 50/50 challenges and not getting to second and third balls quick enough.
That changed second-half though, we got more control, we dominated play and moved the ball forward a lot faster and better. Chances were created and unlike Brentford in the first-half, we took our chances brilliantly and Bruno Fernandes should have even scored a fourth right at the end.
Excellent to see Elanga given another chance and there are signs of better play in certain playing positions, but it is still going to take time. I am liking that Ralf is using other players from the squad though, rather than just playing certain “regulars” who’ve been out of form for a very long time now.
Great effort by the United away end as always, super effort on a Wednesday night and a brand new ground ticked off for probably the majority of them. Bring on West Ham on Saturday now. Whoop, an actual 3pm kick off on a Saturday!
Enjoy Phil’s podcast below :
Brentford 1 v Manchester United 3 podcast
Wednesday 19th January 2022 @ 8.00pm
Premier League
Brentford 1
Toney (85′)
v
Manchester United 3
Elanga (55), Greenwood (62), Rashford (77)
Referee : Andre Marriner
Attendance : 17,094
2022
JANUARY – Premier League
3rd Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) @ 5.30pm 0-1
15th Aston Villa (A) @ 5.30pm 2-2
19th Brentford (A) @ 8pm 1-3
22nd West Ham United (H) @ 3pm
2021
AUGUST results – Premier League
14th Leeds United (H) @ 12.30pm 5-1
21st Southampton (A) @ 2pm 1-1
28th Wolverhampton (A) @ 2pm 0-1
SEPTEMBER results – Premier League
11th Newcastle United (H) @ 3pm 4-1
19th West Ham United (A) @ 2pm 1-2
25th Aston Villa (H) @ 12.30pm 0-1
OCTOBER results – Premier League
2nd Everton (H) 1-1
16th Leicester City 4-2
24th Liverpool (H) 0-5
30th Spurs (A) 0-3
November results – Premier League
6th Man City (H) @ 12.30pm 0-2
20th Watford (A) @ 3pm 4-1
28th Chelsea (A) @ 4.30pm 1-1
December results – Premier League
2nd Arsenal (H) @ 8.15pm 3-2
5th Crystal Palace (H) 1-0
11th Norwich City (A) @ 5:30pm 0-1
14th Brentford (A) @ 7:30pm P-P
18th Brighton & Hove Albion (H) @ 12.30pm P-P
27th Newcastle United (A) @ 8pm 1-1
30th Burnley (H) @ 8.15pm 3-1
All dates/kick off times tbc/subject to change
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