Manchester United's early fixtures in the 2022/23 Premier League season offer Erik ten Hag an opportunity, to ease his way into his new role and then deliver an early marker as to how times have changed now he's in charge.
Brighton at home and Brentford away are certainly appealing enough fixtures to begin with. United were embarrassed at the Amex Stadium last month but beat the Seagulls at Old Trafford and they did the double over Brentford.
Ten Hag will expect a perfect start and every United manager should be targeting six points from those fixtures. Then comes an Old Trafford clash with Liverpool and the chance to draw a line in the sand after the disastrous Ole Gunnar Solskjaer/Ralf Rangnick era.
