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‘If he wants to say something to me, he can come to wherever he wants’: Lisandro Martinez slams Paul Scholes for comments aimed at him ahead of Manchester derby | Football News

‘If he wants to say something to me, he can come to wherever he wants’: Lisandro Martinez slams Paul Scholes for comments aimed at him ahead of Manchester derby | Football News

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Manchester United’s Lisandro Martinez hit back at pundits which included Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt who had predicted that the Argentinian defender’s diminutive stature would lead to Manchester City’s Erling Haaland manhandling him in the derby on Saturday. That wasn’t the case on the day of the match as Martinez expertly marshalled Haaland with the City attacker failing to score as United went on to win the match 2-0. Scholes, a United legend in his own right, had taken a dig at Martinez ahead of the derby, saying Haaland would “throw him in the net” after scoring while Butt had said that the Norweigian striker would “pick Martinez up and run with him” and treat him like a “little toddler.” The comments were made on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast. “Honestly, he can say whatever he wants. I told him already, if he wants to say something to me, he can come to wherever he wants. To my house, wherever. I don’t care,” Martinez said as per BBC. “And I think for …

Amad Diallo goal seals 2-2 draw for Manchester United against Liverpool | Football News

Amad Diallo goal seals 2-2 draw for Manchester United against Liverpool | Football News

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Amad Diallo’s late equalizer secured a 2-2 draw for Manchester United against Premier League leader Liverpool on Sunday. The forward turned home Alejandro Garnacho’s cross in the 80th minute at Anfield after Mohamed Salah’s penalty had looking like giving Liverpool the win. United led through Lisandro Martinez’s strike in the 52nd, but Cody Gakpo leveled seven minutes later. Salah fired Liverpool ahead from the spot in the 70th after Matthijs de Ligt handled in the box. Late drama Raul Jimenez scored a 91st-minute penalty to salvage a 2-2 draw for Fulham against Ipswich. It was Jimenez’s second penalty of the match as Fulham twice came from a goal down at Craven Cottage. Relegation-fighting Ipswich went ahead through Sam Szmodics in the 38th and Jimenez leveled from the spot in the 69th. Ipswich went in front again through Liam Delap’s penalty in the 71st and looked like climbing out of the relegation zone. But when Jimenez was brought down by Leif Davis in the box, referee Darren Bond pointed to the spot again. Jimenez made no …

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim takes set-piece blame | Football News

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim takes set-piece blame | Football News

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Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim refused to blame his players, instead taking responsibility after his team conceded their third consecutive set piece goal against Nottingham Forest, after giving two away against Arsenal. All three of the goals came from corners and the first goal scored by Nottingham showcased the inertia of Manchester United players in their own box. Nikola Milenkovic’s second-minute goal happened after Lisandro Martinez and Mattias de Ligt didn’t head the ball away, while goalkeeper Onana remained stationary in goal as the ball came in. “When this happens it is more my fault because I am responsible.“We try to do it in the best way – we do a lot of work in this area and we saw it in Arsenal [too]. It is really hard in this context [to come back], we suffer in the first play, it is really hard to put energy back into the game, but we did it [by equalising]. It is really hard to transmit something, for them to continue to do their job. We managed to …