Manchester United will reflect on one of their poorest performances of the season after securing a point against Brentford on Saturday night.

United were peppered with 31 shots from the Bees, who were significantly superior and would have been hard to beat if Mason Mount’s 96th-minute goal had won the game. In the end, Ivan Toney’s inventiveness set up Kristoffer Ajer’s equaliser three minutes later, sending United home with criticism in their ears.

Mount’s first goal for United since his £55 million arrival from Chelsea in the summer was the one bright spot for Erik ten Hag, who is once again under fire. The Dutchman is aware that Sir Jim Ratcliffe has great ambitions for the summer, and that his future as manager is under jeopardy.

He will be hoping the club can bounce back when they return to London, this time to face Chelsea in the Premier League on Thursday. In the interim, here are the newest Mirror Football headlines on the team.

Schmeichel is unhappy at standards

Brentford, who hit the post through Toney and regularly encountered Andre Onana, were rewarded with Ajer’s goal. But it also came from poor United defending, with veteran goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel singled out Aaron Wan-Bissaka for criticism.

Schmeichel believed the full-back had dozed off and was “jogging” rather than working hard to defend his goal. “That’s not Manchester United, that’s not pride, that’s not high standards,” he snarled.

“That is not a concentration on your job. He has cost – not to blame him for this – but at that time, because of what he did or didn’t do, a simple thing like concentrating, they were equal.”

Ten Hag is angry at Antony

Brentford received bad comments from more than simply Wan-Bissaka. Antony was introduced near the hour mark for Alejandro Garnacho, who had a hectic international break with Argentina, but he did not make an impression.

Antony is a Ten Hag favourite; he brought him from Ajax to United for £85 million and has consistently supported him. Ten Hag was not pleased when he was spotted not following his instructions and failing to press Brentford from the front.

The TV cameras caught the Dutchman yelling at the Brazilian, who was leaving space behind him with his actions. Ten Hag stated after the match that his team demonstrated “spirit” and “fight,” but conceded they were not at the races.