Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag defended his aspect’s 1-1 draw at Brentford as Manchester Metropolis and Liverpool each struggled in opposition to them too.
The Bees had 31 pictures in Saturday night time’s assembly on the Gtech Group Stadium however needed to rescue a degree within the 99th-minute after Mason Mount had fired the guests forward simply earlier than, with Kristoffer Ajer arising with the essential and largely deserved equaliser.
Although he admitted he was not proud of United’s efficiency on the entire, Ten Hag pointed to a spirited Brentford shows in massive video games as causes to not go over-the-top with criticism.
“Do not decrease the performances from Brentford,” Ten Hag hit again in his post-match press convention. “I’ve seen them in opposition to Man Metropolis and Metropolis was additionally fortunate to win that recreation. And in opposition to Liverpool, within the first 35 minutes Brentford ought to have taken the lead, so do not categorical this.
“We must always have achieved this higher, I am not proud of the efficiency, there isn’t a misunderstanding, the gamers are additionally disenchanted by the efficiency and we ought to be constant within the recreation, go within the recreation, carry out and present extra aggressiveness.”
Metropolis beat Brentford twice in February however laboured to victory in each video games, coming from behind to win 3-1 in west London earlier than triumphing 1-0 on dwelling soil. Liverpool, in the meantime, withstood early stress in a 4-1 victory on the Gtech Group Stadium in between Brentford’s defeats to Metropolis.
United additionally struggled to beat Brentford throughout the reverse fixture at Previous Trafford. The Bees led by way of Mathias Jensen’s first-half strike earlier than Scott McTominay scored twice in second-half stoppage time to safe a dramatic comeback victory.
In final season’s journey to Brentford, United have been on the receiving finish of a 4-0 hammering, with all 4 objectives coming in a manic first half.