Like many have said, the first half was awful, maybe worst under Rangnick. Lucky it was Brentford, and not a City/Liverpool or even West Ham. We can’t do that at the weekend and get out unscathed.. but the second half was pretty damn good too.
Pleased for all three scorers, hopefully Marcus can use that to fuel some confidence now. Elanga justified his selection the way he took that goal.
McTominay stepped up that second half, as did Bruno and several others, but that doesn’t excuse that first half. Several players like Dalot/Fred just don’t seem to have any perception of risk around our own box. Number of times they are reckless with it just outside our boxes drives me mad.
I don’t want to denigrate/be taken the wrong way, Because if De Gea wasn’t making the saves he has been then who knows where we’d be this year. But, he just isn’t there in any way for set pieces. Teams know how to target him. And also, given how often we rely on going back to the GK for an out ball under Rangnick, his kicking really needs to improve. I love his saves, but sometimes they hide some of the glaring weaknesses in his game.