Man Utd 2-1 Brentford: Player ratings as McTominay scores twice in added time to seal comeback

Scott McTominay came off the bench to score twice for Manchester United in stoppage time and secure a memorable comeback win at home to Brentford.

Erik ten Hag's men were stifled by the Bees for much of a glorious afternoon at Old Trafford but persevered and were rewarded for their efforts.

Thomas Frank's side would have been good value for all three points due to some heroic defensive displays but head back to west London empty-handed after collapsing at the last.

How the game unfolded

There was little to separate the two sides in the opening stages of the game, with Aaron Hickey's two long-range and speculative strikes at the end of clever corner routines the closest either came to a goal early on.

United's first chance of note came straight from a goal-kick which caught Brentford cold, with Bruno Fernandes setting through Mason Mount, only for the summer signing to be denied by a flying block from Ethan Pinnock.

Brentford broke the deadlock midway through the first half. Casemiro was dispossessed on the halfway line and the Bees swarmed forward in numbers. Though Victor Lindelof thought he had dealt with a loose touch by Yoane Wissa in the box, the ball cannoned back off his retreating Brazilian teammate into the path of Mathias Jensen, and he curled past Andre Onana who ought to have done much better to keep out a trickling shot.

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