Manchester United won today at Old Trafford against Brentford, as part of the late 25th day of the Premier League. The story of a home victory that feels good after the defeat suffered at St. James’ Park last weekend…
By entering the lawn of Old Trafford, the Red Devils know that they have, tonight, a good opportunity to recover third place in the Premier League table, but also a good opportunity to take revenge on Brentford who surprisingly won 4-0 in the first leg.
United-Brentford : La compo mancunienne
And, from the start of the match, Erik ten Hag’s men took possession of the leather and settled in the Bees’ half of the field, without however managing to present themselves in front of the goal.
It will be necessary to wait for the 21st minute of play and a huge volley from Scott McTominay, well posted at the fall of a dangerous ball at the entrance to the London area, to finally push Raya to his first save.
Two minutes later, Antony also tries from a distance. Unfortunately, his coiled attempt narrowly misses Raya’s frame. Damage !
In the 27th minute, following a poorly cleared corner by the opposition, Antony recovers a good ball at the entrance to the opposing area and executes a magnificent ladle towards the penalty spot and Sabitzer. From then on, the Austrian instantly and intelligently headed the ball for Rashford, lonely at the far post, who only had to smash it into the back of the net, with a dry shot at close range, to open the score. 1-0 pour United.
Eleven minutes later, Antony (him again) inherits the ball at the entrance to the Bees area and tries a volley that narrowly shaves the opposing frame.
Shaw, who recently extended until 2027 with the club, made his 250th appearance for United tonight.
Back from the locker room, the face of the match remains the same: United still controls the game but continues to struggle in the last gesture.
And, in the 67th minute of play, Brentford took the opportunity to get their first real chance of the game. Schade is well found in depth and quickly finds himself in one-on-one with De Gea. But the Spanish goalkeeper is striving for an excellent outing and is even afraid of injury on this one. Fortunately, after the arrival of Mancunian care, the local number 1 courageously gets up and continues the meeting.
In the 80th minute, Rashford finds Fred subtly back in the zone of truth but the Brazilian’s shot proves to be unbalanced and goes clearly above Raya’s frame.
Thanks to this narrow victory, which was firmly preserved until the end of the match, the team did the job tonight and thus returned to the Premier League podium in third place, which they will try to consolidate next Saturday at 1:30 p.m. thanks to a potential victory at home against Everton, as part of the 30th day of the championship.
GO RED DEVILS !