JAKARTA - Manchester United beat Brentford 2-1 in the 34th week of the 2025/26 English League at Old Trafford on Tuesday morning WIB.
MU was ahead by two goals in the first half thanks to Casemiro and Benjamin Sesko, while Mathias Jensen managed to narrow the gap for Brentford through his goal.
The addition of three points from this match, as Antara reported, makes Manchester United even stronger in third place in the standings with 61 points. On the other hand, The Bees must be satisfied with being stuck in ninth place with a collection of 48 points, as reported by the official website of the English Premier League.
Playing at home, the Red Devils immediately took the initiative to attack from the first minute and bombarded the defense of the visiting team.
Kobbie Mainoo sempat memamerkan aksi individu spektakuler melewati beberapa pemain Brentford sebelum mengirimkan umpan kepada Amad Diallo. Namun tembakan Amad masih bisa diblok oleh Nathan Collins.
The deadlock finally broke when the match was only 11 minutes. Starting from a corner kick, Harry Maguire managed to win the aerial duel and headed the ball to the near post.
Casemiro, who was in the right position, immediately snatched the ball with a header from a narrow angle, bringing the hosts 1-0 ahead.
Behind by one goal, Brentford responded quickly. In the 16th minute, Igor Thiago almost equalized after taking advantage of MU's defensive blunder, but his shot still hit the crossbar.
Four minutes later, MU goalkeeper, Senne Lammens, performed brilliantly by deflecting Lewis-Potter's shot.
The attack continued. Thiago again missed two golden opportunities in the 35th minute. Shortly after, it was Lammens' turn to save MU's goal from the threat of Mikkel Damsgaard.
In the 40th minute, Amad Diallo shook the net of Brentford, but the referee canceled the goal because of offside position.
The disappointment did not last long. Two minutes later, MU succeeded in doubling the lead through a quick counterattack scheme. Bruno Fernandes' short pass was perfectly completed by Benjamin Sesko. The score 2-0 lasted until halftime.
Entering the second half, the team coached by Michael Carrick chose to play more pragmatically by relying on counterattacks, while Brentford tried to appear pressing to catch up.
In the middle of the half, the tempo of the game tends to decrease. MU refreshed the squad by inserting Mason Mount and Leny Yoro to replace Bryan Mbeumo and Luke Shaw.
Brentford who dominated the ball in the second half finally broke the deadlock in the 88th minute.
Mathias Jensen fired a hard shot from outside the penalty area that was not stopped by Senne Lammens. The goal injected enthusiasm for the visiting team to continue to lock MU's defense.
However, the solidity of the Red Devils' backline kept the score at 2-1 until the final whistle.
Manchester United (4-2-3-1): Senne Lammens; Luke Shaw, Ayden Heaven, Harry Maguire, Diogo Dalot; Kobbie Mainoo, Casemiro; Bryan Mbeumo, Bruno Fernandes, Amad Diallo; Benjamin Sesko.
Brentford (4-2-3-1): Caoimhin Kelleher; Keane Lewis-Potter, Nathan Collins, Sepp van den Berg, Michael Kayode; Mathias Jensen, Yehor Yarmolyuk; Kevin Schade, Mikkel Damsgaard, Dango Ouattara; Igor Thiago.
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