Casemiro scores again in Brentford victory

Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show

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Man United, Manchester United, Soccer,, Sports, Mufc

4.6 • 771 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Man United ran through this season's full repertoire in beating Brentford at Old Trafford on Monday night. Casemiro header, tick, Bruno assist, tick, Sesko finish, tick, wobbly spell at the back and nervy last five minutes... tick, tick.

Casemiro put in a statistically remarkable performance but also did lots of Casemiro things and we're forced, once again, to ask, "is there a chance he'll stay on?" Meanwhile, Bruno keeps coming up with new and interesting ways to impress and entertain us, even though there were sticky patches and we've got fresh fitness concerns.

But they did win, for the first time on a Monday since August 2023; thanks to a half-time adjustment from the coaching staff? Carrick's managerial record in this spell now reads won 9, drawn 2, lost 2; he has the most points of any Premier League manager in that time, and his team need just two more to guarantee Champions League football. Bring on Liverpool.

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0:00.0	The Athletic F.C
0:06.0	Happy, yeah.
0:07.5	Let's go.
0:10.7	Fernando McQuard pulled away.
0:14.5	And head home.
0:19.2	It's Casamiro again, it's what he does.
0:22.6	His best goal scoring season for Manchester United.
0:26.6	I don't remember a February that.
0:29.6	Now Manchester United come forward, Bruno Fernandez, of course, he's at the heart of it.
0:34.6	Sheshko wants it.
0:35.6	Sheshko gets it. Shesko heart of it. Cheshko wants it. Chesco gets it.
0:39.2	Chesco buries it.
0:44.0	It's another assist for Bruno Fernandez.
0:54.3	This is Talk the Devils, the Athletic Show, dedicated to Manchester. We're back in the studio in Manchester, the morning after the night before United took yet another step towards Champions League football, just two points away now.
1:05.3	The greatest hits is how Carl Anka has termed it in his piece on the Athletic.
1:10.7	That's pretty much what it was for United last night. A 2-1 win. Brino Fernandez with assist. Cessco on the score sheet. Casimero, still being Casimero. One more year. There's a question that we need to answer on this show. And lots more in between as well, which we'll get into. With Critch and Carl here in Manchester and Andy joining us from home as well. Let's get straight into it then. One more year, Casimir O'Critch. We heard Old Trafford sing it again. Mattes Cunia's posting about it. Have we not had the answer to this already for, I don't know, 17, 18 times. What was the answer then? One more year, yeah?
1:44.5	Sorry to break it to you, unfortunately.
1:47.0	But no.
1:47.8	Michael Garrett was asked about it in his post-match press, just to clarify for the umpteenth time, as I say. He said there was a chance, didn't he? I don't even think he said there was a chance. It's not even the dumb and dumber. it's not even the dumb and dumb of me.
1:58.1	Sorry, there's not a chance.
1:59.7	It's pretty clear from both sides, he said, as well.
2:02.7	And I think, look, we've known this for a while. And I almost think that, like, it feels like every time Casimir plays at Old Trafford at the moment, it's an event, it's another leg on this farewell tour, and it's an opportunity for at least some people who were within that stadium to see him play for United for the last time. And the thing is, he keeps delivering,
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