After a crushing 4-0 loss to Brentford on Saturday, 13th of August Erik ten Hag’s slow start as Manchester United manager came to an end. The shocking defeat takes Red Devils at the bottom of the table in the Premier League.
Brighton’s first-ever victory at Old Trafford last Saturday marked the start of the former Ajax manager’s tenure, but much worse lay ahead as the Bees took benefit of a sequence of errors to score four goals in the first 35 minutes of the game.
The floodgates were opened by Josh Dasilva’s shot that eluded David de Gea, and Mathias Jensen capitalised on United’s failed attempt to play out from the back to make it 2-0 inside of 18 minutes.
Ben Mee scored his first goal for Brentford to expose the visitors’ fault from set pieces, and 10 minutes before halftime, Bryan Mbuemo concluded an inconceivable revenge to send United to the bottom of the table for the first time in 30 years.
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Ten Hag was abused by the delighted home crowd with the phrase you are getting dismissed in the morning. United lost its seventh orthodox away league game for the first time since the year 1936, but the Dutch manager has innate a mess rather than being the main offender.
During the first half of the match, the four goals were allowed at Manchester City, Liverpool, and Brighton in the previous Premier League campaign.
The entry of center-back worth £57 million ($69 million) Ajax’s Lisandro Martinez hasn’t done anything to strengthen United’s porous defence, and questions will be raised about why Ten Hag benched Raphael Varane in favour of the Argentine and the unhinged Harry Maguire.
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Cristiano Ronaldo was added to the starting line up by Ten Hag, although the fugitive five-time Ballon d’Or winner was involved in the game’s first goal.
Ronaldo was bounded by Brentford players as he enters to the ground in search of a foul or something magical. De Gea should have had no trouble preventing Dasilva’s strike, but the ball glided under the Spaniard.
Only eight minutes later, De Gea make worst error by trying to pass to Christian Eriksen, who was let down by Jensen, a former fellow player, and the Dane coolly appointed home to rise Brentford’s lead.
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Martinez’s short 5ft 9in (1.8m) stature was cited as a concern regarding his capacity to adjust to the Premier League’s toughness. Ivan Toney headed a corner across goal, and Mee beat the Argentine at the back post to slash the third straight goal.
Brentford’s happenings in just their second season in the English Premier League in 75 years may be outshined by the criticism that will be absorbed at Manchester United. On the other hand, Thomas Frank’s team pulled off an unbelievable pressure to further disassemble United for their fourth goal.
After being unfettered down the left edge, Toney made a exact first-time ball to Mbuemo, who then raced up behind Luke Shaw and ended low past De Gea.
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At the end of the first half, Ten Hag made his approaches known by making Shaw, Martinez, and Fred the fall guys in a triple replacement.
After the break, United at least stopped the bleeding, and they should have had at least one solace after Ronaldo missed with a header and Eriksen’s header failed to have sufficient force to beat David Raya.
But for Ten Hag, the damage had already been done, and it might get worse. On August 22, Manchester United will play with the host Liverpool, who defeated their longtime rivals 5-0 and 4-0 in the last season.
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