The controversy surrounding Brentford's goal stemmed from Matthijs de Ligt injuring himself while attempting to tackle Yoanne Wissa. Although de Ligt signaled for treatment, referee Anthony Taylor allowed play to continue, believing the injury was not serious. He explained that serious injuries mainly include head injuries, and since de Ligt appeared to be alert and sitting up, play proceeded, resulting in Brentford's goal. Taylor also noted that the tackle could be seen as a foul by de Ligt. Meanwhile, Harry Maguire replaced de Ligt, leaving concerns about his fitness for upcoming matches.
The main consideration in this situation was basically my responsibility under the laws is to decide if de Ligt is seriously injured or not.
Generally you will consider a serious injury, a head injury in the main and so in this situation because of him sitting up asking for treatment, I haven't considered that serious.
Absolutely, if we analyse it a little bit more it's probably more a foul by de Ligt on Wissa than the other way.
I'm more concerned whether it is a small or big injury and thinking about next season.
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