Gary Neville accuses Manchester United star of ‘wimpish’ mistake in chaotic Tottenham loss
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Lisandro Martinez was accused of making a ‘wimpish’ and ‘simply appalling’ clearance by Gary Neville during Manchester United’s wild 4-3 defeat to Tottenham on Thursday night. Spurs are into the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup after an error-strewn game in north London, with both goalkeepers having nights to forget and the Argentina international coming in for criticism.
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The Red Devils were already a goal behind thanks to Dominic Solanke when Martinez tried to deal with a cross but could only flick the ball to Dejan Kulusevski. The Sweden international made no mistake from inside the penalty area, firing past Altay Bayindir to double Tottenham’s lead.
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Neville was not impressed with Martinez for the second goal and he also blamed Bayindir for the first as the goalkeeper only parried a long-range Pedro Porro shot into Solanke’s path. However, it was the Argentine defender who gotthe most stinging criticism, with the man sometimes known as ‘The Butcher’ accused of ‘wimpish’ play.
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‘I have to say the clearance from Lisandro Martinez is quite simply appalling. To play that straight to Kulusevski,’ Neville said on Sky Sports. ‘He’s been let down by two poor mistakes, Ruben Amorim. He really has. You can talk about structure, shape, patterns tactics, but if your goalkeeper parries one out into the centre of the box and your centre back flicks one with the outside of his left boot…it’s a wimpish clearance.’.
