David de Gea allowed Brentford to score!
Insane mistakes from David de Gea allowed Josh Dasilva and Mathias Jensen to score,
giving the West London hosts a 4-0 lead after 35 minutes. Erik ten Hag appeared surprised on the sidelines as Ben Mee and Bryan Mbuemo added goals of their own.
Even though Brentford was excellent,
the bigger story is that United lost its first two games of the season to Brighton and Brentford. With the victory, Brentford now has four points from their first two games of the season.
Erik ten Hag has become the first Man United manager to lose his first two matches in charge of a season since 1921 (101 years). For United,
the victories keep coming in. And they’re not good ones.
Insane mistakes from David de Gea allowed Josh Dasilva and Mathias Jensen to score,
giving the hosts a 4-0 lead after 35 minutes in the stifling west London heat. Then, Ben Mee and Bryan Mbuemo each added a goal, leaving Erik ten Hag on the sidelines looking dazed.
Despite how brilliant they were,
United’s loss to Brighton and Brentford in their first two games of the season is the bigger story. With the victory, Brentford now has four points from their first two games of the season.
Erik ten Hag is the first Man United manager to start a season with a losing record after 1921 (101 years). For United,
the accomplishments keep piling up. They’re not excellent ones either.
Brentford is a dynamic team, particularly at home,
where they have defeated Arsenal, tied with Liverpool and Tottenham, and now destroyed Manchester United. They are difficult to stop once they get into a rhythm like this. The ideal momentum team,
Thomas Frank’s group exudes passion and vitality. The big boys know they’re in for a real fight when they show up at the Gtech Community Stadium.
Erik ten Hag isn’t really to blame for this:
Erik ten Hag was composed as he watched his team deteriorate in the first half from the sidelines. After a few months of training sessions and only a couple of new signings
4-0 Brentford United States: Manchester Brentford achieved a historic victory against Manchester United,
their first in the Premier League in more than 85 years. This was terrible for United and emphasises how much work Erik ten Hag still has to do.
The United supporters are creating some noise in the background because they are forced to provide their own entertainment. Eriksen did send in a cross that Ronaldo mishandled from a distance of roughly 10 yards. And that pretty much sums up United’s day. Over ten minutes remain.
United is doing everything they can to minimise the harm. Brentford is waltzing to victory in this match without having to take any chances.
The state of Manchester United is dire. There is little room for doubt. Erik ten Hag’s reputation is already
damaged beyond the mere statistics of being the first United manager to lose his team’s first two games since 1921 and overseeing the worst Premier League season opening in 30 years. To bounce back from this,
he will need to be an excellent manager and a man of great moral bravery.
The Dutchman was scorched by the London evening sun with beads of sweat on his bare head as Brentford savagely destroyed United in the first half. It was just as horrible as anything that came out when David Moyes, Louis van Gaal,
José Mourinho,
and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer were still in charge.
Even though the absentee Floridian billionaires were not present throughout the two abhorrent performances that have opened this Premier League season,
the ongoing demonstrations against the Glazer ownership in the away end serve as a reminder that United’s troubles go even deeper. They also didn’t choose a group of people who worked as distant, uninterested satellites of one another.
Ten Hag later said,
“I urged them to play with belief and take responsibility,
and that is what they didn’t do. I must instil faith in them, but they must do the same for themselves. Even though there was a lot of blaming,