Manchester United slumped to the bottom of the early English Premier League standings after a 4-0 thrashing at Brentford on Saturday.
The Bees produced a high-energy, physical performance that completely overwhelmed the visitors, who fell behind on 10 minutes when Josh Dasilva’s tame shot somehow squirmed through David de Gea.
The United keeper then played an awful pass to former Brentford midfielder, Christian Eriksen, allowing Mathias Jensen to nip in and double the home side’s lead on 18 minutes.
It continued to get worse for United when Ben Mee bundled in a third as the Bees’ superior height at set pieces paid dividends, before a rapid counter-attack saw Bryan Mbeumo race clear and rifle in a fourth inside 35 minutes.
HALF-TIME Brentford 4-0 Man Utd
Brentford are cruising after a commanding opening half display #BREMUN pic.twitter.com/GCf5cELHv8
— Premier League (@premierleague) August 13, 2022
Ten Hag made a triple change at the interval to try and add more physicality to his side and there was a slight improvement, although the damage had clearly been done and they could not reduce the arrears despite creating half chances for Cristiano Ronaldo and Eriksen.
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The result leaves United rock bottom and means they start a season with back-to-back defeats for the first time since 1992.
Indeed, the Red Devils have now lost four league matches in a row for the first time since 1979 and are also on a seven-match losing streak on the road that is their worst run since 1936.
Former Ajax boss Ten Hag, who becomes the first United manager in over 100 years to lose his first two matches, will now need to lift his troops ahead of a crunch home clash with rivals Liverpool a week on Monday.
FULL-TIME Brentford 4-0 Man Utd
A huge win for Brentford!
A dominant first-half performance from the Bees sees them take all three points. #BREMUN pic.twitter.com/5yY6CAEmRc
— Premier League (@premierleague) August 13, 2022
I don’t normally post after matches. But then again I don’t normally score in a 4-0 win against Man Utd 😁💪 pic.twitter.com/p6zYUHYBIX
— Ben Mee (@Ben6Mee) August 13, 2022
Meanwhile, third-placed Brentford visit Fulham next Saturday.
