Kristoffer Ajer’s 99th-minute equaliser salvaged a degree for Brentford in a 1-1 Premier League draw with Manchester United on Saturday, denting the Outdated Trafford membership’s hopes of qualifying for subsequent season’s Champions League.
Substitute Mason Mount thought he had given United an undeserved and dramatic victory when he slotted house within the 96th minute after Brentford had dominated the sport.
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However Ajer smashed house Ivan Toney’s cutback from shut vary three minutes later to provide the Bees a degree which sees them stay in fifteenth, 5 factors above the relegation zone.
United stay in sixth, 11 factors off fourth-placed Aston Villa and eight off Tottenham Hotspur in fifth, a spot which might be sufficient for Champions League soccer subsequent season.
Brentford have been far superior within the first half, twice hitting the woodwork by way of Toney and Mathias Jorgensen and making a slew of different possibilities with out with the ability to rating.
United improved barely after the break and Rasmus Højlund was denied a aim in a seventh successive league sport by a robust hand from Mark Flekken.
Brentford continued to create alternatives, with Toney having a aim disallowed for offside and Bryan Mbeumo volleying in opposition to the bar, with out capitalising.
The sport was someway nonetheless goalless in added time when Casemiro performed in Mount who fired previous Flekken for his first United aim.
Nevertheless, Brentford obtained the equaliser their efficiency deserved when Norway defender Ajer produced a striker’s end to make sure the hosts obtained one thing from the sport.