Man Utd star Matthijs de Ligt rages at officials over controversial goal in new footage

Brentford took the pb astatine Old Trafford aft Manchester United defender Matthijs de Ligt was told to permission the transportation by referee Samuel Barrott due to the fact that of a caput cut

New footage shows Matthijs de Ligt's aggravated absorption aft Manchester United went 1-0 down to Brentford successful arguable circumstances.

De Ligt, 25, was disconnected the transportation erstwhile Ethan Pinnock scored a thumping header, giving Brentford the pb successful first-half added time. Referee Samuel Barrott had ordered De Ligt to get attraction connected a caput chopped for the 2nd clip successful the abstraction of 4 minutes, with humor pouring down his face.

The Dutch defender sustained the nasty wounded earlier on, heading the genu of Brentford guardant Kevin Schade. United manager Erik 10 Hag instantly told chap centre-back Victor Lindelof to lukewarm up but a blood-soaked De Ligt didn't consciousness the request to travel disconnected and alternatively battled on.

It yet proved to beryllium costly gamble aft Barrott took action, reducing the Red Devils to 10 men astatine a country arsenic Pinnock capitalised. De Ligt had already warned the officials astir the imaginable consequences of him being disconnected the transportation and went into a acceptable of rage erstwhile the shot deed the backmost of Andre Onana's net.

De Ligt, whose 6ft 2in framework makes him United's largest aerial presence, booted a spare shot disconnected a cone earlier firing into a rant astatine the 4th official, Gavin Ward. The 25-year-old was joined by United adjunct manager Ruud van Nistelrooy, who picked up a yellowish paper for his protests alongside Ten Hag and De Ligt's antiaircraft partner, Jonny Evans.

The Manchester Evening News besides study that first-team manager Darren Fletcher fto rip astatine the lucifer officials successful the tunnel, contempt missing the visitors' extremity due to the fact that helium was preparing for the half-time break. Fortunately for United, their choler fuelled a palmy comeback aft goals from Alejandro Garnacho and Rasmus Hojlund turned the Premier League contention connected its caput wrong 17 minutes of the restart.

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Garnacho produced a superb volley to person Marcus Rashford's pinpoint walk implicit the apical earlier Hojlund chipped Brentford goalkeeper Mark Flekken aft from a deft flick-on by Bruno Fernandes. The Red Devils hung connected for their archetypal triumph successful 3 league games but Ten Hag inactive wasn't blessed with the officiating post-match.

"We were precise aggravated astatine half-time due to the fact that we were controlling the game. I can't recognize wherefore Matthijs was sent disconnected (for treatment)," the United manager bemoaned. "It was adust humor truthful helium was already treated for the injury. It was a immense infinitesimal due to the fact that Brentford are precise bully astatine corners and we were missing 1 of our champion headers.

"But you saw the togetherness, the warring spirt - and we added immoderate determination to people goals. The statistic amusement we play bully shot but don't people enough. Today we scored 2 superb goals. They were precocious quality."

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