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Rob Dawson, reporter
Manchester, England — alejandro garnacho Top billing was given by Eric Ten Hag brentford and this Manchester United The winger repaid his target to the manager by performing accordingly.
garnacho and both marcus rashford Ten Hag has often preferred Rashford, wanting to play on the left. But United are not scoring or winning and so the Dutchman made a change to place the England international on the right. It worked and Garnacho scored a crucial equalizer from the left side to give United a much-needed 2–1 win.
argentina international suffering temporary write-back sepp van den berg And was easily the home team’s best player. He would have had at least two assists to add to his goal had his teammates been more alert to some of the crosses into the penalty area during a brilliant second half.
Garnacho received a standing ovation from the supporters inside Old Trafford at the end of the game. Thanks largely to the 20-year-olds, they finally had a nice day out in the Manchester autumn sunshine, and so did Ten Hag.
“I know what he is capable of,” Ten Hag said afterwards. “He’s a threat and has scoring abilities, but is also a threat in one-vs-one situations. The end product is definitely what we need and we missed that in the first game of the season.”
After five games without a win, Ten Hag was in desperate need of a win. But for a while it looked as if Brentford would put another nail in their coffin with a first league win at Old Trafford since 1937 as they led 1–0 at half-time.
matthijs de ligt Had already been ordered off the field twice after suffering a head injury in the collision kevin damageWith blood still staining his hair and face red, the centre-back was sent to the touchline for the third time in first-half stoppage time. When he was off the pitch, Ethan Pinnock got away from diogo dalot moved further from one corner andre onana,
De Ligt turned around angrily and threw the ball into the stands; The assistant coach received a yellow card for protesting against Ruud van Nistelrooy and was lucky not to play a second as he continued his argument with the fourth official in the tunnel at the break.
United have often failed to cope with setbacks under Ten Hag. However, this time, the perceived injustice infuriated him.
“We were crazy,” Ten Hag admitted. “Sure, we were angry at halftime.”
Brentford made the headlines last month for getting off to a fast start, but it was United who made the explosive start to the second half. For most of the game United’s tactics focused on getting the ball to Garnacho as quickly as possible and in the 47th minute he brought Ten Hag’s side back into the game.
Rashford picked up the ball on the right and delivered a pinpoint pass to the far side of the penalty area; Garnacho has produced superb volleys in the past and added another to his collection with a guided finish into the net before the ball touched the ground. It was the kind of clinical finish that Ten Hag was begging for – and it was one of seven shots fired by Garnacho, three more than any other United player.
Sometimes criticized for his work rate, he attacked as well as defended and topped the statistics sheet with six ball recoveries before being substituted.
United are down 1-0 southampton Leading 2–0 against Leicester, there came a point during the afternoon when Ten Hag’s team were officially the Premier League’s lowest scorers. But Ten Hag has repeatedly said he is confident his forwards will ultimately succeed and he did for 45 minutes against Brentford.
The second goal was straight from the drawing board at Ten Hag. United’s press had Brentford cornered in their own corner, lisandro martinez collected a loose pass high up the pitch, Christian Ericsson made a quick pass forward, and rasmus hojlund A clever finish was added after a clever flick. bruno fernandes,
Ten Hag’s smile said it all and he hugged both Van Nistelrooy and fellow assistant René Heck. The celebrations were a measure of relief after a difficult international break, which saw more speculation about his future.
“The statistics show that we play good football but don’t score enough,” Ten Hag said. “Today, we scored two great goals. The two goals we scored are high quality. This team has the ability to score very good goals and your confidence increases when you score and win.”
“At the beginning of the season, we had some good performances. We had chances but we didn’t score enough and then everyone is negative. Today can help us, but it’s just a win and we need to build on that.” Needed.”
And there lies the challenge for Ten Haag. Victory over Brentford will put questions about his condition to rest for a few days, but Fenerbahce and Jose Mourinho are looking forward to Thursday uefa europa leagueOnly a consistent winning streak between now and the next international break will quell the debate over whether he is the right man for the job.
He can at least point to Garnacho’s development as one of the things he has got right at Old Trafford. Ten Hag needs to show enough confidence for Garnacho to play regularly after breaking into the first team during the former Ajax coach’s first season in Manchester. Now Ten Hag needs Garnacho to continue the performance he did against Brentford and take the pressure off the manager’s shoulders.