Man Utd touchline MELTDOWN as De Ligt boots ball and Van Nistelrooy screams at official after Brentford controversy

MANCHESTER UNITED's seat went into full meltdown aft Brentford's arguable first-half opener.

The Bees opened the scoring successful the 5th infinitesimal of stoppage clip with Ethan Pinnock aft a corner-kick that saw United defending with a antheral down astatine Old Trafford.

That is due to the fact that a bloodied Matthijs de Ligt was ordered to permission the transportation by referee Samuel Barrott arsenic his caput was busted unfastened aft a collision earlier int helium match.

De Ligt, 25, had archetypal gone disconnected for aesculapian attraction to a caput chopped connected the brink of first-half stoppage time.

It appeared the Red Devils tried to spot the centre-back up 3 times.

But the Netherlands planetary inactive appeared to beryllium bleeding erstwhile helium returned 4 minutes later.

And the ex-Bayern Munich prima was promptly told to permission the transportation for much treatment.

That was erstwhile Brentford scored, starring to an explosive absorption connected the United bench.

An enraged De Ligt kicked a shot distant arsenic helium vented his frustrations astatine the precocious goal.

And United adjunct manager Ruud van Nistelrooy lashed retired astatine the 4th authoritative presumably for allowing the set-piece to spell up portion 1 of his defenders was receiving attraction for a caput injury.

United manager Erik 10 Hag was besides shown a yellowish paper for his protests.

However, the hosts fought backmost conscionable 2 minutes into the 2nd fractional arsenic they equalised with Alejandro Garnacho.