Manchester United moved back into Champions League places with a 1-0 win over Brentford. Rarcus Rashford scored the only goal of the game in the 27th minute.
Rashford has scored 10 winners in the Premier League this season, the most by a Manchester United player in a season since Wayne Rooney in 2009–10, and only Napoli’s Victor Osimhen has more league goals in Europe’s top five leagues since the World Cup.
Following Sunday’s defeat at Newcastle, Ten Hag needed a win to put United back above Tottenham in the race for Champions League qualification. His most recent victory provided that.
Brentford, which is trying to qualify for Europe, has only lost twice in its last 17 Premier League games.
Rashford’s 28th goal overall for his club this season and 15th in the Premier League helped the Red Devils move back into the top four.
Elsewhere, Champions League aspirants Newcastle scored five goals and increased the pressure on West Ham boss David Moyes by taking advantage of shaky West Ham defense.
The visitors were up by two after only 15 minutes thanks to Callum Wilson and Joelinton before Kurt Zouma pulled one back.
Nevertheless, errors by Lukasz Fabianski and Nayef Aguerd allowed Wilson to double his total and Alexander Isak to add a fourth, then Joelinton made it five in stoppage time.
West Ham’s loss moves them off the bottom of the table based on goal differential.
With a fourth straight victory for Eddie Howe’s team, Newcastle are still in third position with a game in hand over Tottenham who sit in place.