Erik ten Hag provides Mason Mount injury update after Man Utd star subbed at half-time vs Brighton

Mason Mount was subbed at half-time (Picture: Getty)

Erik ten Hag confirmed that Mason Mount picked up a knock in the first half of Manchester United’s Premier League clash with Brighton.

Mount started his second successive game of the season but was withdrawn at the break with United trailing 1-0 after Danny Welbeck’s opener.

Amad Diallo scored an equaliser after the break but it a last-gasp winner from Joao Pedro in injury time saw the Red Devils slump to a 2-1 away defeat.

There was more misery at full-time when Ten Hag confirmed that Mount’s half-time substitution was enforced and not tactical.

‘It was a decision. he had some problems and an issue,’ the Dutchman told TNT Sport. ‘We know the [injury] history of Mason so therefore we took him out.’

A lengthy calf injury saw Mount miss a huge chunk of last season, his first season at Old Trafford since completing a £60 million transfer from Chelsea.

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