Fatal statistics after the shame match for Manchester United
Manchester United suffered a humiliating defeat against its host,
Brentford, by four goals, to be its second loss since the start of
the English Premier League.
The killer stats, which shame Manchester United, show that the team
reached new depths, as the “lazy” players ran 14 kilometers less than
the Brentford players did.
According to English media, this match is their worst trip away from
home since 1936, and the Red Devils coach, Dutchman Eric Ten Hag,
made the worst start for any Manchester United coach in a century!
And the team’s goalkeeper, David de Gea, committed two early and
catastrophic mistakes, which contributed to the decline of the team
and a very horrific performance, according to the British newspaper, “Daily Mail”.
Exciting stats
According to the SportsMail, about some of the harsh stats from
the Brentford defeat, the main problems lie across the United squad
and also in their collective mentality.
During the 90 minutes, which is the age of the original match,
United players covered 95.6 kilometers compared to 109.4 kilometers
traveled by the Brentford players, knowing that the game plan, according
to coach Ten Hag, revolves entirely around serious running and intense pressure,
but there were no signs of that. Not at all on a Saturday night.
Ten Hag spoke of laziness among the United players, and lack of commitment.
During the match, the Brentford players made 90 dash to the ball,
compared to only 65 made by the United players.
And when it came to putting pressure on the opposition’s three-line defense,
there were no indications that the United players adhered to the method
of pressing that was planned by Ten Hag.
With Cristiano Ronaldo leading the attack, and behind him Marcus Rashford,
Bruno Fernandes and Jadon Sancho, United applied only 7 pressures,
in contrast to the Brentford attacking line where they pressured 21 times in 90 minutes.
Table end
After losing their opening two matches, the first against Brighton at Old Trafford
by 1-2, and the second against Brentford by 4-0, Manchester United are at
the bottom of the English Premier League table, “Premier League”, for the first time in 30 years.
In August 1992, Alex Ferguson’s side lost 1-2 to Sheffield United in their opening
weekend, then suffered a 3-0 home defeat to Everton in the middle of the following
week, leaving them 22nd in the league ladder.
Incurable travel sickness
If we combine those two early season defeats with United losing to Brighton (0-4)
and Crystal Palace (0-1) in their last two games of the 2021-22 season, they have lost
4 consecutive league games for the first time since February 1979.
At that time, Dave Sexton’s team lost to Bolton (0-3), Liverpool (0-3),
West Bromwich Albion (3-5) and Arsenal (0-2) to finish at the end of the season in ninth place.
And in playing outside his stronghold, it seems that United form is terrible now,
they have lost 7 consecutive games away from home in the league if you combine
their loss against Brentford with the team’s losses late last season against
Manchester City, Everton, Liverpool, Arsenal, Brighton and Crystal Palace.
It is noteworthy that the last time they suffered from travel sickness, that is,
playing outside their stronghold, was in 1936, when they lost 10 times between
September and December, and they continued until they were relegated to the second division.
Incidentally, it was Brentford’s biggest win margin in the First Division since
they crushed Grimsby Town 6-1 in April 1938.
Unwanted record for Ten Hag
With this poor start, Dutchman Eric Ten Hag became the first coach
to lose his first two matches since coach John Chapman did so in November 1921,
and United were relegated that season as well.
Even more ominously, the current Manchester United will have to face Liverpool next time.
Blast in 35 minutes
In Saturday’s match, Brentford scored four goals in 35 minutes and became
the third team to score four goals in the first half of a Premier League match.
The others are Tottenham in their 6-1 win at Old Trafford in October 2020 and
Liverpool when they won 5-0 at the same ground last October.
Fatal statistics after the shame match for Manchester United
