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Manchester United recovered after being rescued by the heroics of goalkeeper David de Gea to run out comfortable winners at Brentford.
Ralf Rangnick’s side survived a torrid opening 45 minutes, when their performance was laced heavily with mediocrity – as De Gea made key saves from Mathias Jensen and the home side missed other big chances.
It was a different story after the break as United, no doubt fired up by a few well-chosen words from Rangnick, turned up the intensity and the quality to punish Brentford for their profligacy.
Teenager Anthony Elanga headed his first goal of the season from Fred’s pass 10 minutes after the break before Cristiano Ronaldo’s superb chest pass helped Bruno Fernandes set up the second unselfishly for Mason Greenwood.
Ronaldo produced a ridiculous show of petulance with a slow stroll off, some very obvious muttering and a burst of anger on the bench after he was substituted with 20 minutes left.
But Rangnick’s change was fully justified as substitute Marcus Rashford scored with a smooth near-post finish after 77 minutes, with Fernandes the creator again.
Ivan Toney pulled one back in a scramble late on but the damage was done for Brentford when they failed to cash in when they carved United open in the opening half.
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Brentford
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Squad number49Player nameLössl
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Squad number5Player namePinnock
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Squad number18Player nameJansson
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Squad number29Player nameBech Sørensen
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Squad number30Player nameRoerslev
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Squad number8Player nameJensen
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Squad number6Player nameNørgaard
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Squad number27Player nameJanelt
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Squad number7Player nameCanós
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Squad number19Player nameMbeumo
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Squad number17Player nameToney
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Squad number3Player nameHenry
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Squad number11Player nameWissa
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Squad number26Player nameBaptiste
Manchester United
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Squad number5Player nameMaguire -
Squad number10Player nameRashford -
Squad number31Player nameMatic
Line-ups
Brentford
Formation 3-5-2
- 49Lössl
- 5Pinnock
- 18Jansson
- 29Bech Sørensen
- 30Roerslev
- 8JensenSubstituted forWissaat 67′minutes
- 6Nørgaard
- 27JaneltSubstituted forBaptisteat 64′minutes
- 7CanósSubstituted forHenryat 64′minutes
- 19Mbeumo
- 17Toney
Substitutes
- 3Henry
- 9Forss
- 11Wissa
- 14Ghoddos
- 20Ajer
- 26Baptiste
- 28Bidstrup
- 36Stevens
- 40Fernández
Man Utd
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1de Gea
- 20Dalot
- 2Lindelöf
- 19Varane
- 27Telles
- 17Fred
- 39McTominaySubstituted forMaticat 84′minutes
- 11GreenwoodSubstituted forRashfordat 71′minutes
- 18Bruno Fernandes
- 36Elanga
- 7Cristiano RonaldoSubstituted forMaguireat 71′minutes
Substitutes
- 4Jones
- 5Maguire
- 8Mata
- 9Martial
- 10Rashford
- 22Heaton
- 26Henderson
- 31Matic
- 34van de Beek
Live Text
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Match ends, Brentford 1, Manchester United 3.
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Second Half ends, Brentford 1, Manchester United 3.
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Attempt saved. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fred with a through ball.
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Foul by Victor Lindelöf (Manchester United).
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Ivan Toney (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt saved. Ethan Pinnock (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Bryan Mbeumo with a cross.
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Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Diogo Dalot.
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Foul by Nemanja Matic (Manchester United).
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Yoane Wissa (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Mads Bech Sørensen.
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Goal! Brentford 1, Manchester United 3. Ivan Toney (Brentford) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Nørgaard.
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Attempt blocked. Ethan Pinnock (Brentford) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
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Substitution, Manchester United. Nemanja Matic replaces Scott McTominay because of an injury.
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Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Alex Telles.
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Goal! Brentford 0, Manchester United 3. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
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Attempt missed. Mads Roerslev (Brentford) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mads Bech Sørensen with a cross.
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Attempt blocked. Ivan Toney (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Shandon Baptiste.
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Attempt blocked. Ivan Toney (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Hand ball by Marcus Rashford (Manchester United).
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