We showed we are together - Man Utd boss Ten Hag

Manchester United manager Erik 10 Hag believes the comeback triumph against Brentford is impervious of the "togetherness" successful his squad.

Despite Ten Hag's pre-match assertion of the media's "fairytales and lies" astir however unafraid helium was successful his job, no-one astatine Old Trafford was blessed with United being 14th successful the Premier League array astatine kick-off.

Long aft the last whistle, Ten Hag remained furious astir referee Sam Barrott’s determination to nonstop Matthijs de Ligt to the touchline to get a caput coiled treated successful first-half stoppage time.

Reduced concisely to 10 men, United instantly conceded from a Brentford corner.

Any concerns Ten Hag felt astir his ain presumption were contained. Instead, United utilized the consciousness of injustice to substance their comeback.

"I felt we were the champion squad successful the archetypal half," said Brentford brag Thomas Frank. "In the 2nd half, it was decidedly the opposite."

Without a Premier League extremity successful 3 and a fractional games, United equalised astir instantly aft the restart acknowledgment to Alejandro Garnacho’s sensational first-time effort. Fifteen minutes later, striker Rasmus Hojlund applied a deft chipped decorativeness to Bruno Fernandes' sublime flicked pass.

United had chances to summation their vantage but aft 5 games without a triumph successful each competitions and Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce to travel successful the Europa League connected Thursday, triumph was paramount, with Ten Hag believing the mode of it said overmuch for the tone and determination successful his squad.

"For everyone it was an enjoyable afternoon," said the Dutchman. "In the 2nd fractional we showed we are together.

"We showed determination and we scored 2 beauteous goals."

This being Manchester United, the unit valve has lone been released a tiny amount.

There is simply a agelong travel up earlier the swirl of speculation astir Ten Hag volition not instrumentality connected the backmost of a azygous result.

Even the United brag accepts determination is nary much value to the triumph than the accumulation of 3 points for lone the 3rd clip this season.

"No, it is conscionable a win," was Ten Hag’s curt reply erstwhile asked if the occurrence could beryllium regarded arsenic a turning point.

"The unit is ever there. We person to triumph each game."

It is stating the evident to accidental United request to people goals successful bid to win.

Much was made earlier kick-off of the information Brentford striker Bryan Mbeumo had scored much Premier League goals connected his ain (six) than United had managed betwixt them (five).

That statistic nary longer holds but still, United should person scored much than two, and successful Garnacho they present person idiosyncratic who has scored much than erstwhile successful the league.

Publicly, Ten Hag has nary enactment but to backmost his players to deliver, adjacent if the grounds is that they volition conflict to execute that consistently.

"This squad has the capableness to people precise bully goals," said Ten Hag. "Today the 2 goals we scored were precocious prime and erstwhile you people and triumph you adhd confidence.

"At the commencement of the play we had immoderate bully performances but didn’t people enough, past everyone is negative.

"This effect tin assistance us, but it is lone 1 triumph and we indispensable physique connected it."

Frank said Barrott had got the telephone astir De Ligt’s caput wounded right. Ten Hag and United intelligibly disagreed.

The erstwhile Bayern Munich defender initially was wounded aboriginal successful the contention erstwhile helium collided with Kevin Schade’s genu and was near with humor moving down his head.

De Ligt went disconnected to person the coiled patched and came backmost on. However, the occupation resurfaced again, which led to De Ligt having to spell disconnected again.

Barrott past stepped successful instantly aft awarding Brentford a corner.

De Ligt kicked retired successful choler arsenic Ethan Pinnock escaped the constricted marking of Diogo Dalot to enactment Brentford successful front. United adjunct manager Ruud van Nistelrooy marched down the touchline to explicit his disgust astatine 4th authoritative Gavin Ward, with Ten Hag coming up down him to bash the same. Both were booked.

The complaints continued arsenic the teams went to the passageway astatine half-time.

Frank observed: "If Manchester United had a country and we took retired Nathan Collins due to the fact that helium was bleeding, they would privation to instrumentality it."

That seemed just enough.

Ten Hag’s constituent was that De Ligt should not person been removed from the crippled successful the archetypal place.

"It was adust blood," helium said. "He had already been treated for the injury. I didn’t recognize wherefore helium was sent disconnected and I didn’t cognize why. It was a immense infinitesimal due to the fact that Brentford are precise bully astatine corners and we were without 1 of our champion headers. Definitely we were aggravated astatine fractional time."