DAVID DE GEA gifted Brentford an early lead as Manchester United’s miserable start to the season continued.
The Red Devils defence crumbled in West London and howlers added to Erik ten Hag’s woes as his side went on to lose 4-0.
Cristiano Ronaldo thought he was fouled as he was sandwiched in between two Brentford players half way up the pitch but ref Stuart Attwell waved play on.
The hosts then swept past United’s midfield and Jay Dasilva hit a speculative shot from distance.
The Spanish goalkeeper let it remarkably slip through his hands and nestle into the bottom corner.
Then just minutes later, De Gea presented Christian Eriksen with a dangerous pass out from the back.
Mathias Jensen then stole the ball from Eriksen and dummied the Denmark international before slotting home.
First half mistakes have handed Thomas Frank’s team a hefty lead.
Gary Neville bemoaned his former side’s set-piece defending as Brentford scored a third through Ben Mee.
He said: “It’s like a men’s team against the U9s.”
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“They’d been bullied, mauled, and messed about with in this first half an hour.
“Brentford are absolutely rampant.”
Bryan Mbeumo then finished off a sweeping Bees counter-attack to make it 4-0 within 35 minutes.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
