Man Utd handed silver lining as Lisandro Martinez harm replace emerges

Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez left the Emirates Stadium with Alejandro Garnacho because the Argentina duo put together to fly again to South America for worldwide obligation – regardless of his worrying harm blow. The centre-back was pressured off the pitch within the second half of the bitterly disappointing 3-1 defeat at Arsenal sparking fears he may very well be set for a spell on the sidelines.

While it is evidently too early to inform how critical the difficulty is, Martinez remains to be becoming a member of up with the Argentina squad as deliberate.

Should the issue have gave the impression to be critical, it is extremely seemingly he would have acquired some therapy earlier than a choice on the upcoming worldwide break was made.

But United had been seemingly happy he could be tremendous to journey because the Argentina pair left the Emirates collectively to catch a flight again to South America.

Erik ten Hag mentioned on Martinez and fellow defender Victor Lindelof, who was additionally substituted, after the defeat: “Victor was ill, so he had to come off. Licha had a problem on his foot but I am not sure if it’s an injury. We have to wait, to see, to make the diagnosis.”

United missed Martinez for the latter phases of final season and his absence was detrimental to their outcomes on the pitch.

He suffered a fractured metatarsal which required surgical procedure and supporters had been left fearing the worst when he went down clutching his foot in north London on Sunday afternoon.

Martinez, who’s more likely to be assessed by the Argentina medical employees upon arrival in South America, couldn’t proceed and United’s defence would resultantly ship two targets as Declan Rice and Gabriel Jesus snatched all three factors for the hosts.

Incredibly, Ten Hag’s facet completed the match with Harry Maguire and the returning Jonny Evans, who not too long ago signed a one-year contract with United.

Both had been all at sea within the closing phases of the competition as Arsenal someway snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

United thought they’d gained it when Alejandro Garnacho raced by means of on aim and fired house earlier than the aim was chalked off by VAR for offside.

Garnacho and Martinez – harm relying – will likely be a part of the Argentina facet that faces Ecuador and Bolivia in World Cup qualification matches within the subsequent 10 days.

The Red Devils will then host Brighton at Old Trafford on September 16 earlier than kicking off their Champions League marketing campaign with a visit to Bayern Munich.

Ten Hag will wish to have Martinez in his facet for that encounter particularly because the Red Devils put together to lock horns with former switch goal Harry Kane.

The Dutchman has claimed his facet have been in need of luck of their opening 4 Premier League matches.

“You want to take more from it. First game was not our game, we needed a little luck. Then I think against Spurs and today it was a penalty,” he advised Sky Sports.

I see good patterns and I see our development line going up. It is the worldwide break after which we proceed.

“We have to improve definitely but you see and what we saw last year, we can beat anyone. It is such close margins and we could have won today. If Garnacho’s is a goal, then we would have won.”