'Injustice' fuelled United fightback - Erik ten Hag

Under-fire Erik ten Hag says Manchester United used a sense of "injustice" to fuel their comeback win against Brentford.

After an international break of intense scrutiny on the manager, the Red Devils boss saw his side fall behind deep in first half stoppage time as Ethan Pinnock met a corner with a thumping header.

United were temporarily down to 10 men at that point after Matthijs de Ligt was again sent off the field to have his bloodied head patched up, with Ten Hag booked as he raged after the opening goal.

That feeling of unfairness helped spark a second-half comeback, with Alejandro Garnacho's outstanding volley followed by a fine Rasmus Hojlund finish that sealed a much-needed 2-1 victory.

"Pressure? Pressure is always there," Ten Hag said when asked about United trailing at the break. "We have to win every game, so when we are 1-0 down we have to see how we turn this around.

"We felt some injustice and we use this as fuel for the second half, and we increased the tempo, and we scored two great goals.

"I really enjoyed today the performance first half, but especially the second half."

Asked to explain why he was annoyed, given players must go off if they have a cut, Ten Hag said: "But it didn’t change anything. It was dry blood.

"So, he was already treated for that injury. Just dry blood, so no-one from us understood why he was sent off.

"I went over to Matthijs and asked 'what’s wrong?’ He says ‘just dry blood and I have to come off, so I don’t know why’.

"Of course, there was a huge moment because Brentford is 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."

Saturday’s victory ended a five-game winless run in all competitions, with