Erik ten Hag and Man 部隊d were HUMILIATED on their last trip to Brentford and 低迷d at the 底（に届く） of the league... 長，率いるing 支援する to the scene of the 罪，犯罪 19 months on, they must show lessons have been learned

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When Erik ten Hag walks through the 回廊（地帯）s of the Gtech Community Stadium and into the away dressing room on Saturday night, he'll be forgiven for harbouring any feelings of 苦悩 or trepidation.

Last time he brought Manchester 部隊d there he 証言，証人／目撃するd a 完全にする humiliation; four first-half goals seeing his 味方する, spearheaded by Cristiano Ronaldo and 錨，総合司会者d by David de Gea in goal, ripped to pieces.

Two games into his 首相 League career, Ten Hag was on the hotseat with 部隊d wholly embarrassed and sitting 底（に届く） of the league （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する. The スポットライト was blinding just 180 minutes into the season.

'We are 証言，証人／目撃するing the annihilation of Manchester 部隊d,' a furious Gary Neville said.

'I thought 部隊d would do better but they have been mauled, いじめ（る）d, messed about with like you wouldn't believe, and there's nowhere to hide.'

Erik ten Hag 苦しむd a humiliating 敗北・負かす at Brentford that had Man 部隊d 底（に届く） of the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する

Cristiano Ronaldo (権利) led the attack and Man 部隊d return this Saturday much changed

He wasn't done there.

'I have been watching 部隊d for 42 years and I can't think of a moment when I have thought things have been as bad as that in the first half.

'Today was a new low. It seems continually that Manchester 部隊d can より勝る their previous lows. When is the lowest low going to come? The reality of it is, this is really, really bad.'

MUST, the club's 支持者s' 信用, were 平等に unimpressed, going to the lengths of 解放（する）ing an 公式の／役人 声明 on the 支援する of the 敗北・負かす.

'What we have 証言，証人／目撃するd tonight is an 当惑 - no, a humiliation - for Manchester 部隊d fans. And yet in many ways it was not a surprise.' That 支払う／賃金-off was a 調印する of how far 部隊d had fallen.

It was, even two games in, a 抱擁する moment for Ten Hag and his 管理／経営. How would he 反応する? The answer: a day off was 速く cancelled. Players would have to （不足などを）補う for the 13.8km Brentford ran more than them.

Ten Hag ran the distance too, a 調印する that he was as 責任がある the 当惑 as much as the players. That won favour in the dressing room. It was unorthodox but it worked and 部隊d went on to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Liverpool 2-1 in their next match.

'It's 平易な to play pre-season, you play for nothing, but when you play games that 事柄 you need bravery, to be more 一貫した, and be proper players,' De Gea said after Brentford, before taking 責任／義務 for his own individual errors.

'In my 事例／患者, it wasn't the 事例／患者 today, and I need to keep working. 長，率いる up, and stick together as a team. We have a lot to learn from a new 経営者／支配人.'

Brentford mauled 部隊d in the 4-0 勝利，勝つ but are 推定する／予想するing a tougher 実験（する） this time around

Ten Hag (left) cannot afford a repeat まっただ中に 現在進行中の scrutiny around his 未来 at Man 部隊d

David de Gea was culpable for mistakes that day and he has since been shipped out of the club

急速な／放蕩な 今後 19 months and Ten Hag is still under the microscope even with a トロフィー in the 閣僚 and a 発射 to go to 支援する-to-支援する FA Cup 決勝戦. That's the life of a Man 部隊d 経営者／支配人.

He returns to Brentford with a host of new players - 特に a new goalkeeper in Andre Onana who can play out from the 支援する as Ten Hag 願望（する）s - and the high of ending Liverpool's quadruple 企て，努力，提案 still fresh.

There will be no Ronaldo, no Jadon Sancho, and no Fred, while Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire are 負傷させるd and Christian Eriksen is out of favour. 部隊d, at least ーに関して／ーの点でs of 職員／兵員, arrive with a 全く different make-up.

But as Ten Hag knows 井戸／弁護士席 by now - far better than he knew after the mauling at Brentford last time around - receiving flowers at Man 部隊d doesn't last long. Lose at Brentford and the scrutiny will be amped up to the max once more.

部隊d can ill-afford 後退s at this 行う／開催する／段階 in the season. They cannot commit to a one step 今後, two steps 支援する approach with their hopes of 上陸 支持する／優勝者s League football hanging so precariously.

Brentford is a 重要な game for 部隊d in their 追跡（する） to land 支持する／優勝者s League football next season

Alejandro Garancho (left) will 推定する／予想する to play a 重要な part having stepped up in 最近の months

Andre Onana (middle) is between the sticks now and this will be a 実験（する） of Man 部隊d's 解決する

They are 現在／一般に nine points behind fourth-placed Aston 郊外住宅 and six shy of fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur. With the 可能性のある that fifth is enough for a 支持する／優勝者s League 位置／汚点／見つけ出す - England could be 手渡すd an extra place based on UEFA coefficient - it is time for Ten Hag and his players to show the 進歩 they have made.

Lisandro Martinez is a 全く different player to the one last seen at Brentford; Alejandro Garancho was an 未使用の 代用品，人 that day and is now one of 部隊d's most important players; Kobbie Mainoo's 信用／信任 is sky high after making his 上級の international debut with England; Marcus Rashford and Antony will hope their goals against Liverpool 供給する a springboard to finish with a 繁栄する this season.

Ineos and Sir Jim Ratcliffe are watching Ten Hag's every move and while short-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 results are ありそうもない to sway them too much, repeat the humiliation of their last trip to Brentford and he may 井戸／弁護士席 傷つける his 事例／患者 to stay on as 経営者／支配人 beyond 修理.