Manchester United suffered a 3\u20131 defeat at Brentford after Bruno Fernandes missed a second-half penalty, leaving Ruben Amorim under increased pressure. Igor Thiago opened the scoring by beating United\u2019s offside trap and firing a venomous strike into the top corner, a long punt upfield exposing Amorim’s back three.<\/p>\n
Brentford dominated early but Altay Bay\u0131nd\u0131r kept United in the game by denying two close-range headers. The hosts doubled their lead when another direct aerial pass created space for Kevin Schade; his cross was palmed into the path of Igor Thiago and he was afforded a tap-in.<\/p>\n
United found a route back shortly before half-time. Benjamin \u0160e\u0161ko opened his United account to reduce the deficit. The Slovenian needed three attempts to capitalise on some poor goalkeeping from Caoimh\u00edn Kelleher and eventually rattled the ball home from close range.<\/p>\n
United looked sharper after the goal but remained vulnerable at the back. Bay\u0131nd\u0131r was called into action again around the hour to repel efforts from Sepp van den Berg and Dango Ouattara inside the penalty area. With 15 minutes to go Nathan Collins was penalised for pulling Bryan Mbeumo down in the box; the defender was only booked when he almost certainly should have been sent off. Fernandes, who had already missed a penalty at Fulham this season, stepped up but was denied by Kelleher from the spot.<\/p>\n
Fernandes\u2019 missed penalty drained United\u2019s belief and they struggled to create notable chances. The match was sealed in stoppage time when Mathias Jensen thundered home Brentford’s third, confirming a dismal afternoon for United in west London.<\/p>\n
Match ratings (out of 10)
\nGK: Altay Bay\u0131nd\u0131r 6.1
\nCB: Matthijs de Ligt 6.4
\nCB: Harry Maguire 6.2
\nCB: Luke Shaw 5.9
\nRWB: Diogo Dalot 6.8
\nCM: Manuel Ugarte 6.9
\nCM: Bruno Fernandes 6.5
\nLWB: Patrick Dorgu 7.1
\nRF: Bryan Mbeumo 7.1
\nST: Benjamin \u0160e\u0161ko 8.0
\nLF: Matheus Cunha 6.7
\nSUB: Leny Yoro (66′ for Maguire) 6.4
\nSUB: Kobbie Mainoo (66′ for Ugarte) 6.2
\nSUB: Mason Mount (80′ for Shaw) 6.1
\nSUB: Joshua Zirkzee (85′ for Dorgu) N\/A<\/p>\n
Subs not used: Senne Lammens (GK), Tom Heaton (GK), Ayden Heaven, Diego Le\u00f3n, Tyler Fredricson.<\/p>\n
Brentford (4-2-3-1): Caoimh\u00edn Kelleher; Michael Kayode, Sepp van den Berg, Nathan Collins, Aaron Hickey; Jordan Henderson, Yehor Yarmolyuk; Dango Outtara, Mikkel Damsgaard, Kevin Schade; Igor Thiago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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