At 04:00 a.m. Beijing time on Thursday, January 20 (20:00 local time on January 19, England), the 2021-22 English Premier League played a make-up match in the 17th round, with Manchester United visiting Brentford Community Stadium against Brentford. United won 3-1, with Erlanga, Greenwood and Marcus Rashford scoring for United and Brentford scoring after 3-0. United finished with 35 points, two points less than Fourth-placed West Ham.
The two teams have never met before in the Premier League, and the last time the two teams met in the league was in April 1947. Manchester United Cristiano Ronaldo returned from injury to start as a centre forward, he was followed by B Fee, Greenwood and Erlanga, McTominay returned from suspension, Maguire, Rashford and Martial were all on the bench, and Sancho was not in the big list.
In the 2nd minute, Kanos crossed from the left, United were not far from the line, and Jensen's powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area was deflected. In the 13th minute, Brentford counter-attacked after a steal, Nogard passed, Jensen single-handed right rib 10 yards on goal, De Gea saved, Rasmussen crossed from the right, Tony did the ball, Andelt's shot was blocked in front of the penalty area line. In the 14th minute, Sorensen hoisted the ball into the box, Jensen inserted the left rib pad of the box back into the middle, and Nogard volleyed high from 10 yards.
In the 18th minute, Greenwood's long-range shot was blocked. In the 25th minute, McTominay passed the ball and Dalot's long-range shot was deflected. In the 32nd minute, Brentford counter-attacked, Tony passed, Jensen shot from 12 yards, De Gea saved again, Andney's 12 yards from the left rib was blocked by Varane. In the 35th minute, Tony passed the ball, Yanerte shot from the edge of the box and De Gea saved. In the 38th minute, Fred's long-range shot was blocked.
At the end of the first half, the two teams drew 0-0, Manchester United although they had 68% of the possession but the attack was poor only 4 shots on goal, these 4 shots were 3 long-range shots 1 was a corner shot in the corner Varane's header, but the low possession Brentford attack was very threatening, De Gea twice saved Jensen's single knife.
At the start of the second half, in the 47th minute, B Fei crossed from the right, and after C Ronaldo's header from 6 yards, the ball bounced off the crossbar. In the 48th minute, Brentford counter-attacked a 2-on-3, Mbumo passed the ball, Jensen shot from 16 yards on the right rib and De Gea saved the ball.
In the 54th minute, Rasmussen saw De Gea standing in front of the midfielder and De Gea easily got the ball. In the 55th minute, Fred hoisted a pass into the penalty area and Erlanga inserted the ball behind the goalkeeper to face the onrushing goalkeeper with a header from 6 yards to give United a 1-0 lead.
In the 59th minute, not far from the United penalty area, Janet's shot from 18 yards was too positive and powerless, and De Gea got the ball. In the 62nd minute, McTominay passed the ball, C Ronaldo cleverly made the ball, B Fei inserted a single knife, B Fei burst into the box to face the goalkeeper pass, Greenwood hit the ball into the empty goal, Manchester United led 2-0. In the 76th minute, Baptiste's cross from the left side of the penalty area was blocked by Tony's shot from 12 yards. Henry crossed from the left, The United centre-back rose to the top, and Rasmussen stopped the ball and volleyed high from 8 yards on the right rib.
In the 77th minute, McTominay took the ball out in a scramble to pass the ball, B Fee passed the ball again, and the unguarded Rashford shot from 12 yards on the right rib, and the ball flew into the top right corner, giving United a 3-0 lead.
In the 85th minute, Brentford threw the ball into the box on the right side of the field, Pinnock swept the ball into the middle of the box on the right side of the penalty area, and Tony scored from close range in the melee, giving United a 3-1 lead. In the 93rd minute, Fred went straight in, B Fee got a one-handed chance, B Fee saw the goalkeeper strike and hang shot, but the goalkeeper stopped halfway through the attack and just got the ball. In the end, United won 3-1.
Brentford (352): 49-Rossson/29-Sorensen, 18-Betweenson, 5-Pinnock/30-Rasmussen, 27-Janet (64' 3-Henry), 6-Nogard, 8-Jensen (67' 11-Visa), 7-Kanos (64' 26-Baptiste)/19-Mbumo, 17-Tony
Manchester United (4231): 1-De Gea/20-Dalot, 2-Lindelof, 19-Varane, 27-Telles/39-Scott McTominay (86' 31-Nemanja Matic), 17-Fred/11-Greenwood (71' 10-Rashford), 18-B Fee, 36-Erlanga/7-C Ronaldo (71' 5-Maguire)
Source: NetEase Sports