Bruno Fernandes had a penalty saved as Manchester United fell to a 3-1 defeat at Brentford to place the highlight again on Ruben Amorim as his seek for back-to-back league wins continues.
United had been 2-1 down as Fernandes waited greater than 4 minutes to take his second-half spot-kick which was finally saved by Caoimhin Kelleher after VAR checked if Nathan Collins ought to have been despatched off for denying Bryan Mbeumo a goalscoring alternative.
Referee Craig Pawson’s choice to e book Collins was upheld, with out him being despatched to the monitor, regardless of the Brentford defender making no clear try to play the ball when pulling his former team-mate again by the shoulder.
United solely have themselves accountable for the consequence, their third defeat in a four-game winless run at Brentford, that was sealed when Mathias Jensen struck an excellent third aim in stoppage-time. All of the momentum of the win over Chelsea had vanished.
Brentford had been two objectives up after 20 minutes because of Igor Thaigo’s first-half double and, though Benjamin Sesko scored his first aim for the membership to halve the deficit six minutes later, United had been by no means convincing of their fight-back.
Fernandes’ second failure from the spot-kick this season finally value United, who are actually winless of their final eight away league video games and again within the backside half as Brentford climb above them after a totally deserved three factors.
Amorim disagrees with officers on Collins
Amorim disagreed with the choice to not ship off Collins however stated his group ought to have carried out extra to handle the sport after Fernandes did not convert his penalty.
“They told me Bryan was not in control of the ball. I think he was not in control of the ball because he was pulled,” Amorim stated in his post-match press convention.
He added: “Sometimes the decisions are not in your favour. We have the capacity to calm down the game. We didn’t do that today.”
Former Premier League official Mike Dean, talking on Soccer SaturdayI was in settlement: “For me, it is a red card.”
Sky Sports activities pundit Kris Boyd added: “It is another poor afternoon for Man United. They will be raging. Collins had to be sent off.”
Man Utd lacklustre in defeat at Brentford
Successful two in a row used to imply one thing totally different at Outdated Trafford. They got here to Brentford looking for the membership’s first back-to-back wins underneath Amorim, however Thiago scored twice within the first 20 minutes earlier than the United gamers had woken up.
Harry Maguire was culpable for the opener as Jordan Henderson’s lengthy ball excessive caught him napping. Thiago was on their lonesome when he hammered within the opener. The entire stadium thought he was offside, just for replays to point out Maguire was sluggish off the mark.
United, losers in each league recreation during which they’ve trailed this season, had been unable to deal with Brentford, who terrorised their guests from set-pieces. Altay Bayindir made two superb saves from Henderson after which Collins however was at fault for Thiago’s second.
The Brentford striker simply needed to fireplace in from close-range after Kevin Schade’s cross was spilled by Bayindir within the six-yard field. Thiago wanted simply six touches to attain his two objectives, which takes him to 5 in seven video games this season.
This was the primary time Amorim had began United’s £207m entrance three of Mbeumo, Sesko and Matheus Cunha however the first impression was not a optimistic one. Their lack of want to assist in midfield left the pivot of Fernandes and Manuel Ugarte uncovered.
Sesko did handle to interrupt his United duck in his fourth begin for the membership as Patrick Dorgu’s hopeful, looping cross finally discovered him. It took three goes to beat Kelleher from close-range, the previous Liverpool keeper pulling off a few superb saves.
Brentford taking their foot off the fuel gave United encouragement, although they lacked punch. When the spot-kick was awarded it felt just like the piece of luck that Amorim wanted to show his troubled tenure round, however Fernandes let him down.
There was no response from United as Brentford took additional encouragement earlier than including a deserved third in stoppage-time via substitute Jensen. His swerving shot completed centrally to make Bayindir look silly. He was not the one one.
