Alejandro Garnacho's goal very early in the second half served a perfect harbinger of what was to come, as the Red Devils piped eight of their 13 second-half shot attempts on target and did not let either of Brentford's two efforts reach Andre Onana.

A second-half turnaround for United eased the strain on under-fire manager Erik Ten Hag at Old Trafford today. Trailing to a goal at the break, goals from Alejandro Garnacho and Rasmus Hojlund