Premier League: Man United beats Brentford 3-1 after 2nd-half turnaround

Manchester United staged a second-half turnaround as goals from Anthony Elanga, Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford earned a 3-1 win at Brentford to boost the team's top-four ambitions.

Published : Jan 20, 2022 10:13 IST , LONDON

Manchester United's Anthony Elanga scores the opening goal during an English Premier League match against Brentford at the Brentford Community Stadium in London on Wednesday.
Manchester United's Anthony Elanga scores the opening goal during an English Premier League match against Brentford at the Brentford Community Stadium in London on Wednesday.
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Manchester United's Anthony Elanga scores the opening goal during an English Premier League match against Brentford at the Brentford Community Stadium in London on Wednesday.

Manchester United staged a second-half turnaround as goals from Anthony Elanga, Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford earned a 3-1 win at Brentford to boost the team's top-four ambitions in the Premier League on Wednesday.

It was another less-than-convincing display from United, though, with Cristiano Ronaldo ostensibly far from impressed at being substituted with 20 minutes left.

Elanga, a 19-year-old winger starting only his fourth Premier League match, broke the deadlock in the 55th minute after Brentford had wasted a host of chances to take the lead in the first half.

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Greenwood then notched his first Premier League goal since October, tapping in from Bruno Fernandes' pass, to make it 2-0 in the 62nd and Rashford climbed off the bench to add the third in the 77th for a first league win of 2022.

It was a tough blow for Brentford, which had dominated the first league meeting between these sides since 1946 but only had Ivan Toney’s late consolation to show for it.

United stayed in seventh place, but is only two points behind fourth-place West Ham United in the race for Champions League qualification.

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