Man United vs Brentford 2021-22 English Premier League

Manchester United

9': Bruno Fernandes
61': Cristiano Ronaldo (P)
72': Raphaël Varane

FT
3 - 0

Brentford

Manchester United beat Brentford to bolster spot in Europa League

Manchester United beat Brentford on a rainy Monday night at Old Trafford with Portugal internationals Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo scoring.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
9': Goal! Manchester United 1, Brentford 0. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anthony Elanga.
54': Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
61': Goal! Manchester United 2, Brentford 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
71': Substitution, Brentford. Mathias Jensen replaces Christian Nørgaard.
71': Substitution, Brentford. Josh Dasilva replaces Vitaly Janelt.
71': Substitution, Manchester United. Fred replaces Nemanja Matic.
72': Goal! Manchester United 3, Brentford 0. Raphaël Varane (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Telles with a cross following a corner.
75': Substitution, Manchester United. Edinson Cavani replaces Anthony Elanga.
75': Substitution, Manchester United. Phil Jones replaces Juan Mata.
76': Substitution, Brentford. Yoane Wissa replaces Bryan Mbeumo.
90'+2': Second Half ends, Manchester United 3, Brentford 0.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Old Trafford
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 73,482

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+60	Arsenal	36	83	5
+54	Manchester City	35	82	3
+43	Liverpool	36	78	4
+20	Aston Villa	36	67	9

Full Table

Statistics

BRE		MAN
6	Fouls	4
0	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	3
8	Corner Kicks	3
3	Saves	4
35.9	Possession	64.1
12	SHOTS	9
4	ON GOAL	5
0.3	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
309	Accurate Passes	651
376	Passes	714
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
5	Accurate Crosses	1
29	Crosses	7
0.2	Cross %	0.1
41	Long Balls	44
21	Accurate Long Balls	23
0.5	Long Balls %	0.5
3	Blocked Shots	1
5	Effective Tackles	8
9	Tackles	11
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
6	Interceptions	11
5	Effective Clearances	35
5	Clearances	35

Line-Ups

Manchester United (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	David de Gea (GK)
19	Raphaël Varane
2	Victor Lindelöf
27	Alex Telles
20	Diogo Dalot
8	Juan Mata
31	Nemanja Matic
39	Scott McTominay
7	Cristiano Ronaldo
18	Bruno Fernandes
36	Anthony Elanga

Substitutes:

Eric Bailly, Álvaro Fernández, Edinson Cavani, Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard, Phil Jones, Dean Henderson, Alejandro Garnacho, Fred.

Brentford (5-3-2)

No.	Name
1	David Raya (GK)
18	Pontus Jansson
29	Mads Bech Sörensen
20	Kristoffer Ajer
3	Rico Henry
30	Mads Roerslev
6	Christian Nørgaard
21	Christian Eriksen
27	Vitaly Janelt
19	Bryan Mbeumo
17	Ivan Toney

Substitutes:

Nathan Young-Coombes, Tarique Fosu-Henry, Fin Stevens, Shandon Baptiste, Julian Jeanvier, Josh Dasilva, Mathias Jensen, Álvaro Fernández, Yoane Wissa.