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“He was okay, that’s what he told me,” Ten Hag told the media after the final whistle. “That’s what I asked him when he came off: ‘Is there a problem?’ No, he was 100 per cent there, not any time [was] there a doubt to take him off.
“I wasn’t furious, but I just was asking my player how he is. He said ‘it’s just dry blood, it’s not bleeding’, so we are really surprised that he has to come off.”
The Bees, known for their methodical approach to set-pieces, took full advantage of De Ligt’s momentary absence.
Ten Hag continued: “Of course, there was a huge moment, because Brentford are very good in corners, and when you then miss one of your best headers, and they take benefit from it, then of course you are disappointed.”