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Key occasions
37 min: Matheus Cunha sends Fernandes on his approach and the United skipper advances in direction of the sting of the Brentford penalty space. His shot is blocked by Nathan Collins and goes out for a nook. Harry Maguire will get beneath the deep supply to the far put up however Brentford clear their strains. Higher from United, however it’s a really low bar.
35 min: Michael Kayode takes one other lengthy throw in direction of the close to put up, the place Harry Maguire heads it clear. It’s really a shorter lengthy throw than the longer lengthy throws the Brentford full-back’s been throwing so far.
33 min: In excellent news for Manchester United followers, I can reveal that Brentford have already misplaced eight factors from profitable positions within the Premier League up to now this season. Since pulling a objective again, United have noticeably calmed down. They have been working round like headless chickens after the opener went in.
32 min: Bryan Mbeumo will get heat applause from Brentford followers as he wanders throughout to take a nook, from which nothing comes. I look ahead to seeing Alex Isak receiving a equally effusive welcome upon his return to St James’ Park with Liverpool.
29 min: Sesko’s objective survives a VAR examine, with Andy Madley presumably checking to see if the ball had crossed the byline earlier than Dorgu crossed it or to see if Mbeumo (not Sesko as beforehand famous) fouled Kelleher as he tried to punch the ball clear. It’s as if the curtain-twitchers in Stockley Park are going out of their strategy to discover causes to chalk targets off.
GOAL! Brentford 2-1 Manchester United (Sesko 26)
United pull one again. Patrick Dorgu sends a cross to the far put up and it’s solely punched half-clear by Kelleher underneath stress from Sesko. The Irish goalkeeper saves Sesko’s first header after which the follow-up however is powerless to cease the Slovenian scoring on the third try. Sesko rifles the bouncing ball into the again of the web to get off the mark for Manchester United.
24 min: Whereas it shouldn’t be a shock that United are getting pummeled by Brentford, it someway nonetheless is. Suffice to say that Manchester United have been diabolically dangerous so far. Even worse than we’ve come to anticipate.
GOAL! Brentford 2-0 Manchester United (Thiago 20)
Thiago scores his second! With United defending like a pub staff, Brentford get the ball into the house behind Dalot, permitting Schade to advance to the byline and pull it throughout the face of objective. Bayindir can solely parry it into the trail of Thiago, who slots residence on the follow-up from about 5 yards. If it appears like Bayindir was at fault there, he wasn’t – such was the tempo on Schade’s pullback, there was little else he might do. However for him, United can be 4 or 5 down already.
17 min: A good save by Bayindir! Brentford go shut from one other nook, with the Manchester United goalkeeper displaying nice reflexes to avoid wasting a Sepp van den Berg bullet bullet header from shut vary. Moments later, he’s pressured into motion to make one other good save from an honest Nathan Collins header. Manchester United are on the ropes already!
16 min: A Mikkel Damsgaard nook for Brentford is headed clear on the close to put up by Bruno Fernandes.
13 min: Hats off to Jordan Henderson, who despatched that seven-iron from deep whistling into the sky in direction of the sting of the Manchester United penalty space for Thiago to chase. I used to be sure the Brentford striker needed to be a mile offside however replays and the video assistant referee say in any other case.
On VAR, Andy Madley additionally needed to examine for a doable foul by Kayode on Diogo Dalot earlier than the ball broke to Henderson however determined the problem was truthful and sq.. On the touchline, Ruben Amorim regarded genuinely bereft when the objective was given.
The objective stands!!!
Sure, Brentford lead! It’s a splendid end from Igor Thiago, who leaves Harry Maguire in his mud earlier than sending a surface-to-air screamer into the highest nook as Brentford broke on the counter. Latching on to an extended, lofted ball from deep as he sprinted upfield, he managed the ball and spanked it previous Bayinder.
GOAL! Brentford 1-0 Manchester United (Thiago 9)
Brentford lead! Or do they? I believe Igor Thiago might need been offside as Brentford broke upfield on a lightning quick counter-attack. It’s tight.
7 min: The Bees are swarming throughout United’s gamers in these early phases, giving their guests little or no time to decide on the ball.
5 min: Kevin Schade does effectively to maintain the ball in play out by the touchline with Diogo Dalot respiration down his neck. He undoes his good work by giving it away as soon as he’d created a few yardsof house wherein to ping a go.
4 min: Yup, the Italian trebuchet Delaps the ball straight into the Brentford six-yard field, the place Altay Bayinder gathers it for Manchester United.
3 min: Harry Maguire places the ball out of play for a Brentford throw-in deep in his personal half. One suspects Michael Kayode will chuck it lengthy …
1 min: Manuel Ugarte will get an early contact in midfield after coming in for the suspended Casemiro, however Brentford win possession again moments later. Michael Kayode will get on the ball.
Brentford v Manchester United is go …
1 min: Bryan Mbeumo does the honours as Manchester United get the ball rolling, their gamers carrying black shirts, yellow shorts and yellow socks.
Not lengthy now: Referee Craig Pawson and his assistants lead each units of gamers out on to the Gtech Stadium pitch, with Nathan Collins and Bruno Fernandes skippering the perimeters. Kick-off in west London is simply a few minutes away.
Some extra correspondence: “Lose in the present day and it’s going to be unimaginable to make an argument towards sacking Amorim,” writes Dave Estherby. “He’s performed loads flawed and never a lot proper since he got here however paying simply south of £20m for a goalkeeper to switch two accidents ready to occur, then beginning certainly one of stated accidents forward of him in each sport since has received eff-up written throughout it.”
I believe you’re being a bit harsh on Tom Heaton there, if I’m sincere. He saved a clear sheet in his sole 21-minute substitute look for Manchester United virtually 4 years in the past.
Some correspondence: “Peter Crouch stood behind Bayindir’s objective slagging him off whereas he warms up, on TNT,” writes John Potter. “The sport’s gone.”
As someone who has made no secret of the psychological difficulties he endured whereas being the topic of widespread and really public criticism at varied factors all through his personal enjoying profession, I hope Crouchie at the very least needed to good manners to decrease his voice. We are able to however marvel if he’d be so vocal if … say, Emi Martinez was in stated objective.
Ruben Amorim: Manchester United have the possibility to win back-to-back Premier League video games for the primary time on their Portuguese head coach’s watch, a exceptional state of affairs that was rasied at his press convention yesterday.
“These type of video games we must be centered and have the sensation we are going to win each match,” he stated. “It’s actually vital and we speak about that ultimately of the sport. It is very important have that sense of urgency that we have to win it doesn’t matter what. Each time you begin to watch the subsequent opponent you’re feeling it’s going to be actually powerful. Crucial is to start out the way in which we begin towards Burnley and Arsenal
“It’s regular for the followers to not know what’s going to occur. I’ve an concept however I don’t know, so the easiest way of coping with that’s that each sport is the final one. We expect the subsequent sport goes to be actually vital in a very long time for Manchester United.”
Keith Andrews on the return of Bryan Mbeumo: Talking forward of the previous Brentford’s winger return to the Gtech Neighborhood Stadium for the primary time as a Manchester United participant, the Brentford head coach stated he expects Mbeumo to get a heat welcome from residence followers however hopes his gamers gained’t prolong the identical courtesy to their erstwhile teammate.
“Bryan epitomises every little thing good about this soccer membership,” Andrews stated. “He was given time, endurance and help, and I believe the way in which it went final 12 months was the end result of that six-year journey the place so many individuals in that constructing performed an element in his improvement. I do know for a reality he actually appreciates that and he appreciates the followers.
“Bryan rightly ought to get a very good reception. Having stated that, I don’t need us to offer him a pleasant reception on the pitch. Sure, we all know all about him, all his qualities We’re very conscious of what a great participant is and we’ll assist hopefully attempt to nullify that by making it a day he doesn’t take pleasure in.”
Keith Andrews on his Brentford rebuild: “We’re forming a brand new staff,” stated the Dubliner in yesterday’s press convention. “There’s been a variety of change on the soccer membership, myself included. We’re making steps, and generally these steps are within the course we wish. I believe you must settle for that. You must perceive that.
“It’s actually vital for me to take care of the kind of surroundings that’s been created right here, the place gamers can develop. We put inner stress on ourselves. We don’t significantly want the exterior stress to gasoline something from inside. I believe there’s that intrinsic motivation as a person and all to be collectively, to be the perfect variations of ourselves. And that’s not all the time going to be excellent.”
At this time’s match officers
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Referee: Craig Pawson
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Assistants: Lee Betts and Mat Wilkes
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Fourth official: Ben Toner
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VAR: Andy Madley
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Assistant VAR: Nick Hopton
Graham Potter sacked by West Ham
In case you missed the not-entirely-surprising information that broke about an hour in the past, Graham Potter has been relieved of his duties as West Ham head coach, with Nuno Espirito Santo reported to have agreed to take coaching this weekend forward of their journey to Goodison Park to face Everton on Monday evening. If there’s a silver lining for Potter, who leaves his function after simply 9 months, he’ll now have time to compensate for all these social media face-swap memes he claimed to haven’t but seen yesterday. Learn on …
These groups: Understanding how wedded his reverse quantity is to a 3-4-3 system not even Pope Leo XIV might power him to break up, Keith Andrews seems to have switched to a again 4 with a line-up that options two modifications from the facet that misplaced towards Fulham. Aaron Hickey is in at left-back, making his first begin for Brentford since October 2023. Dango Ouattara additionally begins on the left wing, whereas Ethan Pinnock and Keane Lewis-Potter make approach.
Ruben Amorim makes three modifications to the facet that beat Chelsea final weekend, all of them enforced. With Casemiro suspended, Manuel Ugarte comes into the centre of midfield, whereas Diogo Dalot is in for the injured Noussair Mazraoui. Matheus Cunha begins rather than Amad Diallo, who’s at residence on compassionate depart. Altay Bayindir continues in objective for United, most popular to each Tom Heaton and Senne Lammens, who’re among the many substitutes.
Brentford v Manchester United line-ups
Brentford: Kelleher, Kayode, Van den Berg, Collins, Hickey; Henderson, Yarmoliuk, Damsgaard; Ouattara, Schade, Thiago.
Subs: Valdimarsson, Henry, Pinnock, Jensen, Onyeka, Milambo, Ajer, Lewis-Potter, Janelt.
Manchester United: Bayindir, Dalot, De Ligt, Maguire, Shaw, Dorgu; Ugarte, Fernandes; Mbeumo, Cunha, Sesko.
Subs: Heaton, Lammens, Fredricson, Heaven, Leon, Yoro, Mainoo, Mount, Zirkzee.
Early staff information
Brentford winger Gustavo Nunes and midfielder Paris Maghoma are each recovering from hamstring accidents and have been dominated out of in the present day’s sport. Each gamers must wait to make their debuts for the membership they joined in the summertime.
The daft purple card Casemiro picked up for 2 useless bookings towards Chelsea means the Brazilian must sit this match out via suspension however Diogo Dalot has been handed match for choice after lacking United’s previous two video games. Amad Diallo is absent because of a household bereavement, whereas Lisandro Martinez stays sidelined with a critical knee damage.
Premier League: Brentford v Manchester United
In search of their first win in eight prime flight video games away from homed, Manchester United journey to the Gtech Neighborhood Stadium to tackle a Brentford facet struggling to adapt after a summer season of change from the highest down. Tasked with filling the massive boots vacated by Thomas Frank, rookie head coach Keith Andrews has received off to an inexpensive get thinking about the churn of gamers at Brentford throughout a summer season wherein additionally they noticed huge identify gamers comparable to Yoane Wissa, Christian Norgaard and Yoane Wissa depart the membership.
Dropping factors from profitable positions has already develop into an issue for a facet that has coughed up eight thus removed from 5 video games, however an optimist may argue that at the very least they’re entering into these profitable positions within the first place. Bouncing again from final weekend’s defeat at Fulham with a win towards struggling Manchester United will surely assist cement Andrews’ credentials as a considerably worthy successor to Frank.
Taking their newest crack at notching up back-to-back league wins for the primary time underneath Ruben Amorim, United arrive in west London on the again of final weekend’s slim victory over Chelsea at Previous Trafford, a outcome into which not an excessive amount of may be learn given the apocalyptic climate situations, the early purple card proven to Robert Sanchez and his head coach’s subsequent tactical meltdown. Nonetheless, a win is a win and if United if can safe one other one, Amorim might ease a number of the stress he stays underneath. Kick-off on the Gtech is at 12.30pm however we’ll have staff information and build-up within the meantime.