If it is goodbye and good riddance to 2021-22 at Old Trafford, it was a curiously fond farewell for Manchester United. A season that promised far more than it delivered, which began with a 5-1 demolition of Leeds, at least ended with Ralf Rangnick's biggest victory in his final home game and was decorated by the departing Juan Mata.
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Bruno Fernandes, who scored a hat-trick on that heady August afternoon against Leeds, bookended the campaign at home with his fiftieth United goal. Cristiano Ronaldo smashed in a penalty and, at 37, has equalled his tally of league goals - 18 - from 2008-09, when Real Madrid paid £80m for him. Another exile from the Bernabeu, Raphael Varane, opened his United account and Brentford were comfortably beaten.
While it came to a backdrop of dissent, with supporters protesting about the Glazers's ownership, United could at least enjoy victory, just their third in 12 games, in an open, entertaining affair.
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