It was another less-than-convincing display from United, though, with
Elanga, a 19-year-old winger starting only his fourth
Greenwood then notched his first
“First half was not good in all aspects of the game," United manager Ralf Rangnick said. “In the second half, we were more urgent, attacking higher up the pitch and taking the right decisions in the counterattack and we scored, which is the big difference.”
It was incredibly hard on Brentford, which had dominated the first league meeting between these sides since 1946 but only had Ivan Toney’s late scrambled consolation to show for it.
“Unbelievably proud of my team," Brentford manager
“They didn’t have a sniff, three huge chances and there could only have been one winner of this game. They are unbelievably lucky.”
United stayed in seventh place, but is only two points behind fourth-place West Ham in the race for
Ronaldo, who had missed United’s last two games because of a hip injury, walked off the field slowly after the board flashed up to show he was being replaced by Rashford in the 70th minute. He muttered to himself and was seen throwing his arms up in apparent disgust.
Rangnick played it down.
“That is normal — a striker wants to score,” Rangnick said. “But he has come back from a little injury and it was important to remember we have got another game coming up.”
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