The Man United players slept in their own beds the night before the Brentford fixture and had a nap on the day of it. Then they sleepwalked through the game.
Manchester United had two team meetings at their hotel in London before they were ferried to the Community Stadium on Saturday evening. Their performance suggested few players were listening.
It has been noticeable since Sir Jim Ratcliffe was the sole bidder left at the table that Ten Hag's rhetoric has changed. As critical as he was of United's lack of "passion and desire in many moments" at Brentford, he also opined it could be a "big point".READ MORE: Ten Hag hints why Garnacho went down the tunnel after he was substituted
The grin on Steve McClaren's face as Mount charged towards the away end was so broad he thought United had got away with it again. Once McClaren had calmed down, he turned to the pitch and pointed at his temples. That was another message that did not get across to the players. Scott McTominay is a moments squad player whose goalscoring impacts have come either off the bench or in charged atmospheres. Only his robustness can account for why he played more than 100 minutes at Brentford.
As gutting as the equaliser will have been for the 1,725 supporters in the north-east corner, they have become accustomed to this. Wolves levelled in the 95th minute against United two months ago and Fulham prevailed through a winner in the same minute more recently.
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