Gary Neville tore into Manchester United after they conceded four times during an abysmal first half against Brentford. Erik ten Hag watched his side labour to a disappointing 2-0 defeat against Brighton at Old Trafford last week and was left under no illusion as to the size of the rebuilding job that faces him.The Dutchman responded by sticking to his guns for the trip to London, picking a team that, on paper, looked as though it would struggle to compete physically with their opponents.And so it transpired as two errors from David de Gea gifted early goals to Josh Dasilva and Mathias Jensen, before Ben Mee summed up the mismatch, overpowering Lisandro Martinez to head home a third. ‘Shell-shocked Erik ten Hag,’ said Neville. ‘If you’d have said to me before the game Brentford would score off a set-piece I’d say yes, I absolutely think they will.<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>“What do you do at half-time if you’re Erik ten Hag?” ð¬ pic.twitter.com/ayYbSazDk7‘This is no surprise whatsoever.
Erik ten Hag has picked the smallest team he possibly could thinking they were going to outperform Brentford and outplay them.‘Martinez 5ft 9in against Ben Mee?
No chance. You have to deal with the physical aspect of the Premier League and Manchester United are not doing that.’Incredibly, worse was to follow as Ivan Toney set Bryan Mbeumo free and the Brentford forward capped a flowing move by comprehensively beating De Gea.Man Utd believe they will sign Frenkie de Jong next week as Chelsea cool interestMauro Icardi responds to Man Utd interest with striker free to leave PSGSasa Kalajdzic wants to join Manchester United in boost for Erik ten Hag‘Ben Mee… it’s like a men’s team against Under-nines,’ added Neville.