MANCHESTER (AFP) – Erik ten Hag said Scott McTominay’s stoppage time double to ease Manchester United’s crisis by beating Brentford 2-1 has to be a turning point in a troubled season.
United looked set to slump to a seventh defeat in 10 games after Mathias Jensen opened the scoring with the aid of some more poor goalkeeping by Andre Onana.
A third home defeat in eight days would have ratcheted up the pressure on Ten Hag, but he found an unlikely hero in McTominay.
The midfielder was only introduced on 87 minutes by Ten Hag, but reproduced his fine goalscoring form for Scotland of late for his club at just the right moment.
“This has to be the turning point, the reset, in our approach, our attitudes, as a team and as individuals,” said Ten Hag, who substituted stars Casemiro and Marcus Rashford in the second-half.
