One player who has taken a lot of stick during the last few weeks is Rasmus Hojlund. The start to his season was delayed due to an injury sustained in United’s opening match of their USA tour this summer against Arsenal, shortly after he had scored a classy goal to put the Red Devils ahead.

Manchester United beat Brentford 2-1 in the Premier League at Old Trafford on Saturday. The visitors took the lead late in the first half through Ethan Pinnock. United were temporarily down to 10 men after Matthijs de Ligt had to leave the field for treatment following an earlier collision with Kevin Schade and Brentford took full advantage to score from a corner while De Ligt was off the pitch.

Alejandro Garnacho and Rasmus Hojlund got on the scoresheet as Manchester United bounced back after conceding a controversial goal to beat Brentford 2-1 at Old Trafford for their first victory in more than a month.