Brentford vs Man Utd LIVE: Premier League team news and line-ups

A 2-0 away win over a Champions League-chasing side? You’d have thought Thomas Frank would have been delighted with Brentford’s performance at Nottingham Forest, but the manager only rated his side’s showing as a seven out of ten as he urged them to finish strongly this season.

“It was a good away performance,” Frank told the BBC. “Very solid. I think it is a big strength that we go to a difficult place against a team who have been fantastic all season.

“It was only seven out of 10 in my opinion. We were very strong defensively and gave little away. We should have kept the ball better in the second half. Credit to the boys.

“We had more possession and we went 1-0 up, then 2-0. Naturally they pressed us more. We knew the counters, we had to be very good and close down those situations. We needed to be good enough to play behind them.

“I think everything is possible. There are four games left. We’ll try our best to win them.”

And by complete contrast, Ruben Amorim rings the changes, with chances for youngsters Chido Obi, Harry Amass and Tyler Fredricson.

Manchester United XI: Bayindir; De Ligt, Fredricson; Amass, Ugarte, Mainoo, Dorgu; Garnacho, Mount; Obi.

Perhaps unsurprisingly after such a good result at Nottingham Forest, Brentford are unchanged.

Brentford XI: Flekken; Kayode, Van den Berg, Collins, Lewis- Potter; Norgaard, Yarmoliuk; Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade; Wissa.

Right, just how heavily rotated with Manchester United be? Has Thomas Frank got something different up his sleeve? We should know in the next five minutes or so…

Thomas Frank insists Brentford will not be deceived by Manchester United’s lowly position in the Premier League when they clash in west London today.

Ruben Amorim’s men are 10 points below the Bees in 14th place, with their Portuguese boss even stating in December that they face a battle against relegation, although they are now safe from the drop.

However, they are thriving in the Europa League, winning 3-0 at Athletic Bilbao on Thursday in the first leg of the semi-finals, and it is that form which concerns Frank.

“The performances in Europe show that there is potential, and actually in the Premier League they have not got what they have played to,” the Brentford manager said.

“There are a lot of games with high expected goals and chances and they have deserved more.

“It’s Man United – they are one of the biggest clubs in the world. They will put a very competitive team out on Sunday.

“It’s a team that is very structured. They know what they want to do offensively and defensively.”

Also in action on Thursday night were Brentford, producing an accomplished showing to dent Nottingham Forest’s Champions League chances.

Casemiro is another veteran to have been written off at times during his tenure at Manchester United, but the vastly-experienced Brazilian is a proven winner, of course – and seen as key by Ruben Amorim.

It’s nice to see Maguire having finding a way back to his best after a rollercoaster time at Manchester United. He’s got his sights set on European glory.

An unexpected star of the semi-final success was Harry Maguire, rolling back the years to his Hull days with a cavalier charge and cross.

And why would Manchester United not be prioritising the Europa League after such a good showing in the semi-final first leg against Athletic? Richard Jolly was in Bilbao to digest a few pintxos and the best performance of the Ruben Amorim era.