Fans react as De Ligt sustains nasty head injury in Juventus defeat
Matthijs de Ligt was left covered in blood after sustaining a nasty head injury in Juventus’ defeat to Lyon.
The defender tripped while going up for a head in the opposition box with his teammate Alex Sandro landing on him.
The 20-year-old took a boot and shinpad to the head and was forced to leave the field for treatment with blood pouring from his face.
He was also left with studmarks on his chest from where Sandro had landed.
To make matters worse for the Dutchman, his side conceded from a set-piece while he was getting treatment.
Lucas Tousart headed in from Houssem Aouar’s cross to give Lyon the only goal of the game as they claimed a surprise win over the Italians.
The defender came back on to the field sporting a unique bandage and was able to complete the 90 minutes.
Fans reacted to de Ligt’s injury with comparisons to Tyson Fury and Terry Butcher.
Writing on Twitter, @nicodegallo said: ‘De Ligt (has) got more blood on him than Fury did all fight.’
Sports website Joe wrote: ‘Meanwhile in the Juve game, Matthijs de Ligt is about to go full Terry Butcher.’
De Ligt got more blood on him than Fury did all fight pic.twitter.com/ugocHSACPn
— Nico (@nicodegallo) February 26, 2020
Meanwhile in the Juve game, Matthijs de Ligt is about to go full Terry Butcher pic.twitter.com/kw4CEr9ZKm
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) February 26, 2020
Me on Tinder VS Me in real life #DeLigt #OLJuve pic.twitter.com/MsRAgqNkpn
— Loukak (@Loukak_) February 26, 2020
Meanwhile, in Juventus-Lyon, de Ligt has been turned into a character from a Tarantino movie. pic.twitter.com/R8GANfyz30
— Across the Pond (@acrossthepond) February 26, 2020
de ligt gets it brother. blade job looks so much better with blonde hair pic.twitter.com/Oy0G6bzGXt
— matt đ (@_mattpk) February 26, 2020
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Another tweet suggested he was like something from a Quentin Tarantino film.
The defeat for Juve means they will have to win in Turin after failing to score an away goal.
Maurizio Sarri’s side had struggled to defend set-pieces since they adopted zonal marking, a system defender Leonardo Bonucci has described as ‘complicated’.