Brentford v Manchester United LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Ajer’s equaliser

United’s goalscorer is now speaking to the Sky, and he says that “if you look at the game overall it wasn’t to our standard”.

“When you score at the death you think you can maybe hang on. But maybe we didn’t deserve it.

“We know we can improve and we need to because we need to win games. We will improve, we will work hard.”

On Champions League qualification, he says that it’s a “tough one” after the result, “but all we can do is focus on ourselves. We know what we need to do.”

Brentford striker Ivan Toney, who scored his first England goal in midweek, is the first to speak to Sky.

He says that the team “feel like it’s points dropped”.

“When you see the stats, we don’t know how we’ve not scored more than one goal.

“The chance I’ve missed, we’ve hit the woodwork four times, all the opportunities but it means nothing when you draw the game.”

Brentford had 31 shots in that game, and 14 corners, which tells you all you need to know really. That was deeply embarassing for United, in a different way to some of their other draws and losses this season.

Take nothing away from Brentford though. They played very well in stages, thought the fact they only had five shots on target perhaps suggest that the final bit of quality is lacking.

The home side must feel both relieved at getting the draw and perplexed that they didn’t get the three points.

An entertaining game for the neutral, a worrying one for United fans and a hopeful one for Brentford fans.

The home side played excellently in parts, with Toney, Wassa and Mbeumo all very impressive. Play like that in their next few games and they’ll be safe from relegation sooner rather than later.

For United, it’s a story similar to that of much of the rest of the reason. A disappointing performance – disjointed, insipid and wasteful. Ratcliffe and Brailsford will be looking at games like this knowing that a lot needs to change.

And the referee blows the final whistle! A whirlwind ending to a game that Brentford completely dominated.

Thomas Frank will be rueing missed opportunities and wondering how they haven’t won that. Erik ten Hag will be wondering how it’s possible to be so easily dominated by a team that is near the relegation places and has lost six in a row.

103 mins: Surely only a minute or so from the end here. Both teams look knackered now.

Brentford attack once more and Maupay drills a low cross across goal, but it’s cleared.

102 mins: Maupay and McTominay are booked for a scuffle in the box. We’ve gone past the allocated added time.

100 mins: United get a corner and Maguire is close to it, but it’s headed behind for another corner. Nothing comes from the second corner.

98 mins: GOAL! Almost straight away, the home side equalise!

Toney collects a clipped ball over the top, gets past the defender and cuts a pass back inside. Ajer arrives and slams home!