BRENTFORD, ENGLAND - MARCH 30: Erik ten Hag, Manager of Manchester United, arrives at the stadium prior to the Premier League match between Brentford FC and Manchester United at Gtech Community Stadium on March 30, 2024 in Brentford, England.
" has done very well for England and now we have to come back to club football and it's his first experience . He's a quality player and he gives us something extra, but it's about the team."Spurs and Villa’s wins were expected and United should have been prepared for that before they arrived here. There is added pressure with them playing after those teams and Villa seem to have come through their defeat of Wolves with a minimum of fuss.
Mbuemo scored in the 4-0 hammering of United last season and he’s on the bench today. The Frenchman is a hugely underrated forward and he’s only recently returned from injury. If he was at full fitness, he would be a danger, but Toney is the obvious threat. Brentford’s team won’t strike fear into United and they should be winning this game.Casemiro and Lisandro Martinez haven’t been risked and that’s not a surprise.
A source recently told the MEN that Kobbie Mainoo ‘loves to play’ with Casemiro and that pair are almost certain to start alongside Fernandes.Fernandes was first off the coach and Ten Hag, as usual, was the last. That is becoming a matchday ritual for the United manager. Despite Tottenham’s comeback today, they will give United chances. Villa will too, irrespective of their result against Wolves. But United have to win tonight.It will be interesting to see whether Ten Hag starts Lisandro Martinez straight after his return from his knee injury. Martinez hasn’t played since sustaining that problem against West Ham on February 4 and the worst was feared when he went to the ground in that game.