Cristiano Ronaldo made his first appearance of the 2022–23 season on Saturday, when Manchester United lost 4-0 against Brentford, dropping them to the bottom of the early Premier League standings.
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Josh Dasilva's poor, low shot went past David de Gea's hands and into the goal 10 minutes in, setting the tone for United's disastrous afternoon.
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The United defence then allowed a second goal to extend their deficit eight minutes later.
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Following a poor pass by De Gea, Mathias Jensen hounded Christian Eriksen out of possession and sent the former Brentford player the wrong way to score, amid the boos of the home crowd earlier in the game.
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Brentford scored their third goal at the half-hour mark.
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Ivan Toney headed a corner back across goal with more shoddy defending, and Ben Mee outmuscled Lisandro Martinez to head home from close range.
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Five minutes later, Thomas Frank's team added a fourth goal to continue the assault.
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Ivan Toney successfully conducted a counterattack by passing the ball to Brian Mbuemo, who evaded a challenge and shot past De Gea.
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"It was a horrible day," De Gea said. "I should have saved the first shot and then the result may have been different.