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Manchester United boosted their hopes of securing a place in next season’s UEFA Europa League with a comfortable 3-0 win against Brentford in their final home match of the season.
United went ahead on nine minutes with a stunning Bruno Fernandes volley from Anthony Elanga’s cut-back. It was the Portuguese’s 50th career goal for the club.
After having a goal overturned following a VAR review, Cristiano Ronaldo scored United’s second on the hour, drilling home a penalty after he had been fouled by Rico Henry.
Raphael Varane added a third with a deflected shot 18 minutes from time with his first Premier League goal to seal Man Utd’s first win in four top-flight matches and biggest of Ralf Rangnick’s reign.
United remain sixth on 58 points, three behind Tottenham Hotspur in fifth spot having played two matches more.
Brentford stay 14th with 40 points, eight clear of the bottom three.
See: Man Utd report | Brentford report
Next fixtures
Man Utd: 7 May v Brighton (A)
Brentford: 7 May v Southampton (H)
Match officials
Referee: Chris Kavanagh. Assistants: Simon Bennett, Harry Lennard. Fourth official: David Coote. VAR: Paul Tierney. Assistant VAR: Sian Massey-Ellis.
Live Match Commentary
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Full-time
Match ends, Manchester United 3, Brentford 0.
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Second Half ends, Manchester United 3, Brentford 0.
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Fred (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Ivan Toney (Brentford).
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Attempt missed. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Edinson Cavani.
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Attempt blocked. Mathias Jensen (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Offside, Manchester United. Cristiano Ronaldo tries a through ball, but Edinson Cavani is caught offside.
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Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Diogo Dalot.
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Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Mads Bech Sørensen.
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Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fred.
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Attempt saved. Scott McTominay (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Attempt blocked. Christian Eriksen (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ivan Toney.
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Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Phil Jones.
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Substitution
Substitution, Brentford. Yoane Wissa replaces Bryan Mbeumo.
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Substitution
Substitution, Manchester United. Phil Jones replaces Juan Mata.
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Substitution
Substitution, Manchester United. Edinson Cavani replaces Anthony Elanga.
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Goal!
Goal! Manchester United 3, Brentford 0. Raphaël Varane (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Telles with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by David Raya.
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Substitution
Substitution, Manchester United. Fred replaces Nemanja Matic.
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Substitution
Substitution, Brentford. Josh Dasilva replaces Vitaly Janelt.
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Substitution
Substitution, Brentford. Mathias Jensen replaces Christian Nørgaard.
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Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Raphaël Varane.
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Foul by Raphaël Varane (Manchester United).
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Ivan Toney (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt saved. Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Goal! Manchester United 2, Brentford 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
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Penalty conceded by Rico Henry (Brentford) after a foul in the penalty area.
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Penalty Manchester United. Cristiano Ronaldo draws a foul in the penalty area.
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Attempt blocked. Mads Bech Sørensen (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mads Roerslev with a cross.
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Attempt saved. Ivan Toney (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Nørgaard.
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Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Victor Lindelöf.
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Offside, Brentford. Christian Eriksen tries a through ball, but Pontus Jansson is caught offside.
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Attempt saved. Christian Eriksen (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
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Yellow Card!
Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Christian Eriksen (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Nemanja Matic (Manchester United).
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Attempt missed. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nemanja Matic with a through ball.
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Offside, Manchester United. Diogo Dalot tries a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
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Attempt missed. Ivan Toney (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Christian Eriksen following a set piece situation.
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Foul by Diogo Dalot (Manchester United).
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Ivan Toney (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.