Manchester United's game plan went 'in the bin' during 4-0 defeat, according to manager Erik ten Hag

By George Ramsay

Updated 1131 GMT (1931 HKT) August 14, 2022

Manchester United has started the Premier League season with back-to-back defeats.

(CNN)Manager Erik ten Hag said Manchester United's game plan was put «in the bin» during a disastrous 4-0 defeat against Brentford.

The result leaves United bottom of the Premier League having lost to Brighton last weekend as four goals in the first 35 minutes helped Brentford to an emphatic victory — the club's first against United since 1938. Josh Dasilva opened the scoring when his long-range shot was spilled by David de Gea, and minutes later another United error — this time by former Brentford player Christian Eriksen, who lost possession close to his goal — enabled Mathias Jensen to score a second. Ben Mee's bundled header from a corner added to United's woes, before Bryan Mbeumo finished off a slick counter-attack when he received Ivan Toney's pass and finished past de Gea. United had chances in the second half through Eriksen and a Cristiano Ronaldo header, but any hopes of a comeback remained well out of reach.Read MoreMbeumo scores Brentford's fourth against Manchester United. READ: Can Barcelona challenge Real Madrid after post-Lionel Messi revamp? This is the first time since 1992 that United has lost its opening two games of a Premier League campaign, and the challenges keep coming with Liverpool up next on August 22. «Brentford was more hungry, one, and two, we conceded goals (from) individual mistakes,» ten Hag told reporters after the match. «You can have a good plan but then put the plan in the bin.»United struggled to deal with Brentford's pressing in the first half of Saturday's game and lost possession in the build-up to the opening two goals. «They (the