THRILLER BEES
When Brentford spanked four goals past Manchester United without reply at the Gtech Community Stadium way back in August with the season still in its infancy, viewers struggled to unpick what they’d just seen unfold. Brought in as the saviour who would forge a new dawn and help United put the Ole Gunnar Solskjær banter era firmly in the club’s wing mirrors, Erik en Hag seemed as mystified as anyone by his side’s comically shambolic first-half performance in what was only his second game – and second consecutive defeat – in charge. “Making such mistakes, at our level, you just cannot make them,” he growled, before ordering those who made them into a hastily convened recovery session masquerading as a punishing cross-country run.
