Brentford v Manchester United result: Rashford snaps goal drought as United reignite top-four push with win at Brentford

Man Utd looked in control as they raced into a two-goal lead but Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa rallied and grabbed a share of the spoils.

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Man Utd start the night in seventh but will leapfrog Tottenham in sixth with a victory and a large win could move them above fifth-placed Arsenal.

Three points would guarantee Brentford a place in the top 10 going into this weekend's fixtures.

This is the first league meeting between Brentford and Manchester United since April 1947, a goalless draw at Griffin Park in the top-flight.

"If I compare our two games, in the cup and in the league, we did a lot better in the league game at Villa Park.

"The performance in the first 70 minutes was really good, I liked our movements, I liked our game in possession of the ball, the structure of the game, the way that we pressed, even when we had to defend our own box, we did that well.

"We need to have a similar performance tomorrow against Brentford."

"Manchester United have done fine under Ralf Rangnick. We know his philosophy from his time with Red Bull Leipzig.

“He is trying to implement it with them and make them a more aggressive team. I don’t think they have hit their highest level when it comes to that to be fair.

They could have Ronaldo and [Edinson] Cavani, two of the best strikers in the world, [Bruno] Fernandes, who has been one of the best offensive players in the Premier League over the last 18 months, [Marcus] Rashford, [Mason] Greenwood, and [Jadon] Sancho, who are three young promising players for England.

“I could name the whole team. They then have [Harry] Maguire and [Raphael] Varane, who, when he was in La Liga, was one of the best centre-backs.

“It is an unbelievable team we are going to face.”

Cristiano Ronaldo returns to the Manchester United line-up after missing the FA Cup and Premier League matches against Aston Villa with a hip injury.

Harry Maguire is on the bench, deemed not fit enough to start, alongside Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford. Jadon Sancho is absent from the squad due to a family bereavement.

Brentford boss Thomas Frank hands goalkeeper Jonas Lossl his debut and restores Mads Bech Sorensen, Mathias Jensen and Sergi Canos to the starting XI.

Ivan Toney is joined in attack by Bryan Mbeumo.

Brentford XI: Lossl, Jansson, Pinnock, Sorensen, Roerslev, Canos, Jensen, Janelt, Norgaard, Mbeumo, Toney.. subs: Fernandez, Henry, Forss, Wissa, Ghoddos, Ajer, Baptiste, Bidstrup, Stevens, Baptiste.

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Telles, Varane, Lindelof, Fred, McTominay, Elanga, Greenwood, Fernandes, Ronaldo.. subs: Heaton, Henderson, Jones, Maguire, Mata, Martial, Rashford, Matic, Van de Beek.

Hello and welcome to the Premier League clash between Brentford and Manchester United. Ralf Rangnick's side is aiming to bounce back after surrendering a two-goal lead in a draw with Aston Villa last time out, while the Bees want a positive response after losing 3-0 to Liverpool.

Let's grab the team news ahead of this 20:00 GMT kick-off!