Erlanga scored, Greenwood broke the drought, Rashford scored on the bench, and the only C Ronaldo who did not score also contributed key goals, with the big explosion of Manchester United's attacking group, Manchester United beat Brentford 3-1. However, this victory made Cristiano a little unhappy, because he was replaced by coach Ronnick without scoring.
However, this does not prevent United from creating 2 miracles. With this victory, United became the first team to achieve a 300-win away premier league game and set a record for the longest unbeaten Premier League match (13 games) since the Reds visited London since 2013.
In the 17th round of the Premier League, Manchester United away to Brentford. Before the game, United were 7th with 32 points, while their opponents were 14th with 23 points. In terms of this lineup, Manchester United sacrificed a 4231 formation, of which Dalot, Varane, Lindelof and Telles formed a 4-man defense, Fred and Scott McTominay doubled backs, Greenwood, B Fee and Edanga formed a 3-attack midfielder, and C Ronaldo single-handedly stepped forward. Cavani and Luke Shaw missed the game due to injury, while Sancho also missed the squad for personal reasons. Martial and Marcus Rashford sat on the bench.
In the 25th minute of the first half, Dalot fired a cold arrow from the penalty area and fired a powerful long-range shot that went slightly over the crossbar. In the 29th minute, C Ronaldo deeply withdrew from his own side to cut off the ball at halftime, and then immediately launched an attack, directly into B Fee, B Fee directly passed to the front, Tres took the ball, saw that there was no teammate to receive, controlled the ball, and was fouled by the opposing defender. Tres sent the ball into the penalty area and was released by the opponent.
In the 31st minute, Buttford played a quick counter-attack, Yanel's long pass, Ivan Tony's cross into the box, Matthias followed up with a push into the goal, which was blocked by De Gea's outstretched legs.
In the 54th minute, Fred sent a long pass from midfielder and Erlanga quickly stepped in to pick the ball and head the ball before the goalkeeper. In the 62nd minute, Scott McTominay broke the ball at the back, C Ronaldo stopped the ball and divided it into the front, B Fei selflessly crossed the middle of the road, and Greenwood easily pushed the goal.
With West Ham to be played two days later, United replaced Ronaldo with Maguire after leading by two goals, switching to 3 defenders. However, when he was replaced, C Luo still felt a little dissatisfied and did not play fully. Also being replaced was Greenwood. It is worth mentioning that after C Ronaldo sat on the bench, the team coach Lonnick also came to comfort him and told him his intention to replace him, obviously in order to save the Portuguese's physical fitness.
In the 77th minute, United sealed the victory, McTominay broke the ball in midfield, B Fei zhi, Rashford inserted into the box at high speed and fired a shot. 3 to 0. In the 85th minute, Brentford pulled a goal back and Ivan Tony scored a face-saving goal from a corner to make the score 1-3.
In the end, with one goal each from Erlanga, Greenwood and Marcus Rashford, United won 3-1 away from home and won their first of the last three league games.