Man Utd boss Carrick fumes at ‘absolutely shocking’ Lisandro Martinez’s red card against Leeds
Man Utd boss Carrick fumes at ‘absolutely shocking’ Lisandro Martinez’s red card against Leeds Michael Carrick described Lisandro Martinez’s dismissal as ‘absolutely shocking’ after Manchester United suffered a 2-1 loss against Leeds United . United players looked rusty after returning to action for the first time since playing out a 2-2 draw at Bournemouth on March 20. The visitors were the better side in the opening half, and Noah Okafor scored with a clinical first-time effort after just five minutes.
The young forward added another with a shot that flicked off Leny Yoro and into the corner just before the half hour mark. United suffered a big blow early in the second half when Martinez was shown a red card after a VAR intervention for tugging on Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s hair. Despite being a man down, Carrick’s men rallied to pull one back through Casemiro’s 59th-minute header.
But Leeds held on to seal their first league victory at Old Trafford in 45 years. Carrick branded Martinez’s dismissal as ‘absolutely shocking’ in his media conference, and said the club may appeal against the decision. He said: “The arm [is] in the face of Lisandro and he is off balance and grappling.
He goes to touch his shirt and gets a red card for it. “It is not aggressive, there is no jolt, no tug. We have got to be careful where the game is going.
It is a shocking decision, absolutely shocking. The red card, that is really concerning. I know he touched his hair.