– It is unreal what is happening at the moment, exclaimed Viaplay commentator Lars Tjærnås. Manchester United were regularly outplayed by Brentford and lost 4–0 after a nightmare round. – I don’t know if I’ve seen anything similar, said Tjærnås. With the embarrassing loss against Brentford, Manchester United are at the very bottom of the table. It has only happened once before. In 1992, the very first Premier League season, Sir Alex Ferguson’s men lost the first two rounds and were bottom of 22 teams before the third round. The team still ended up winning the league. It remains to be seen whether that will also happen this year. Nightmare start Manchester United had plans to avenge the 1-2 defeat by Brighton in the season opener of the Premier League. To put it mildly, they wouldn’t be able to do that. DREAM HALF: Brentford wreaked havoc with Manchester United in the first half. Photo: Ian Walton / AP Because when the teams went into the break, Manchester United had already conceded four goals. The visitors got off to a nightmare start to the game when Josh Dasilva scored 1-0 for Brentford after a huge mistake by David de Gea. The shot from Dasilva was not very good, but the Spaniard lost the ball under him before it rolled into the net. – It is naturally easy to analyse. It’s a shot that de Gea will take a thousand out of a thousand times. It’s a nightmare start, concluded Tjærnås. Shortly after, Danish Mathias Jensen doubled the lead for the London team. The pain was to become much worse when Ben Mee scored to make it 3-0. On the sidelines, you could see the new United coach Erik ten Hag shaking his head. – It’s a horror film Erik ten Hag has orchestra space for, said Viaplay commentator Kasper Wikestad. DISAPPOINTED: Erik ten Hag has had a tough start to his coaching career at Manchester United. Photo: IAN KINGTON / AFP – Being shredded Ten minutes before the break, Bryan Mbeumo also scored Brentford’s fourth of the evening. The embarrassing match has naturally caused several people to react: – United will be shredded. Brentford play as if they can score in every attack without hesitation, writes Independent commentator Miguel Delaney on Twitter. – It’s like a senior team playing against an U9 team, says former United player and Sky Sports expert Gary Neville. – United show an impressive versatility in cruel ways to concede goals, writes The Telegraph journalist Sam Wallace on Twitter. – Four zero! Is there no dignity or self-respect in this team? To be honest, this looks like a mutiny by the players, writes Viaplay reporter Jan Åge Fjørtoft on Twitter. BROKEN: Bruno Fernandes and Donny van de Beek despaired after the loss against Brentford. Photo: DAVID KLEIN / Reuters Took his first victory The second half went much more calmly. Brentford took a 4-0 lead and took their first win of the season. Manchester United suffered their second straight defeat. The club is bottom of the table with zero points and -5 in goal difference. Cristiano Ronaldo was also back in the star liver for the visitors, but was unable to make his mark. Along with the rest of the team, he was completely slaughtered during the break. The local newspaper Manchester Evening News gave zero to all Manchester United players who had started the match in their halftime exchange.
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