Manchester United 1-0 Brentford: Marcus Rashford fires hosts into fourth in the Premier League

Marcus Rashford's goal gave Manchester United a 1-0 win over Brentford and sent them to fourth in the Premier League. Erik ten Hag's side dominated the early proceedings at Old Trafford, they penned Brentford in their own half and moved the ball about confidently in the final third. Ad The Red Devils took a deserved lead after 28 minutes.

Antony hooked the ball in to Marcel Sabitzer who smartly headed back across goal to Marcus Rashford who calmly side footed his effort past David Raya to score his 15th Premier League goal of the season. Euro QualifyingInjured Rashford out of England's Euro 2024 qualifiers against Italy and Ukraine20/03/2023 AT 15:39 United continued to push forward for a second but despite ending the half with 12 shots to Brentford's one, they went in just one goal to the good. Thomas Frank's side had a huge chance to equalise in the 68th minute when Ivan Toney slipped in Kevin Schade to go one vs one with David De Gea, but the Spanish goalkeeper stood up tall to brilliantly save the shot and keep his side ahead.

Manchester United continued to push for the second goal to seal the victory but were unable to find it. Antony, Fred and Bruno Fernandes had a chance each but all three blazed their efforts over the bar. The one goal was enough on the night for United who ended a run of three Premier League matches without a win.