The Red Devils endured one of their worst displays in years with the Bees rolling the club over in a 4-0 win - but this is despite the constant noises that the side were being hammered with intense training drills in the run-up to the campaign. The Daily Mail report that United men covered 95.6km during the 90 minutes compared to 109.4km covered by Brentford. Bruno Fernandes had even talked about how the manager likes 'everybody to run' in July. “He [Ten Hag] likes intense training, reactions when you lose the ball. This last happened in August 1992 when Alex Ferguson's team lost 2-1 at Sheffield United on the opening weekend before facing Everton at home where they lost 3-0.

Source: Daily Mail August 14, 2022 17:32 UTC