RUBEN IN KELL HELL

Brentford keeper's spot-kick save prevents United comeback and leaves Amorim facing fans' taunts

- BY DAVID McDONNELL

IT turns out Ruben Amorim was right to say he had no idea which version of his Manchester United side would show up.

Unfortunately for Amorim, the version that turned out at Brentford's Gtech Community Stadium was the one that continues to let down, frustrate and infuriate him and United's loyal fans. Every time this United team seems to have turned a corner, as they did with their hard-earned win over Chelsea the previous weekend, they somehow manage to regress and revert to type.

When Brentford's third goal came in added time, their fans taunted Amorim with chants of "sacked in the morning" and their returning former hero, Bryan Mbeumo, with cries of "Bryan, what's the score?", sparing neither as they revelled in their deserved victory.

Here, the seeds of United's latest setback were sown inside the first 20 minutes, Brentford striker Igor Thiago profiting from the uncertainty in United's defence to plunder two goals.