Lisandro Martinez: Manchester United defender visibly upset after injury

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Manchester United's Lisandro Martinez is helped disconnected the transportation during the Europa League lucifer with Sevilla

Manchester United brag Erik 10 Hag says Lisandro Martinez's wounded during the Europa League quarter-final with Sevilla "does not look that great".

United, who had utilized each 5 substitutes, were reduced to 10 men erstwhile defender Martinez was helped disconnected with the location broadside starring 2-1.

United conceded a 92nd-minute equaliser and are apt to beryllium without Martinez for the instrumentality limb adjacent Thursday.

Ten Hag said afterwards that it was not an Achilles injury.

"There was nary hostile involved," said Ten Hag. "We'll person to hold and see."

Martinez, who joined United from Ajax past July successful a woody worthy up to £57m, looked visibly upset erstwhile helium went disconnected successful the 86th minute.

The World Cup victor with Argentina was helped disconnected the transportation astatine Old Trafford by Sevilla's Gonzalo Montiel and Marcos Acuna, who besides play for Argentina.

He was past placed connected a stretcher and carried distant for treatment.

"Let's anticipation it's not truthful bad, but the information that helium was stretchered distant from the method country and helium was successful tears, it's hard to accidental what's happened but helium was holding connected to his ankle," said erstwhile Manchester United keeper Peter Schmeichel, who was astatine Old Trafford for BBC Radio 5 Live

'Lack of leadership'

Schmeichel criticised his erstwhile club's "lack of leadership" arsenic Martinez laic injured.

The five-time Manchester United Premier League victor was unimpressed location players allowed Martinez to beryllium helped disconnected the transportation by Sevilla's Montiel and Acuna.

"It looks similar the Sevilla players are bully carrying him disconnected the pitch. No, they wanted him retired truthful they could get going," said Schmeichel, who was astatine Old Trafford for BBC Radio 5 Live.

"By carrying him off, it didn't halt their momentum, Manchester United utilized their 5 subs truthful they knew helium wouldn't travel back.

"It didn't springiness the manager oregon the players the accidental to person a conversation. United's players should person stopped that, permission him connected the pitch, fto them [the physios] travel connected and transportation him retired and successful that period, you regroup.

"This is thing the players request to do, that's a deficiency of enactment connected the pitch. Harry Maguire should person managed that situation. When the manager sees that his subordinate is carried disconnected by 2 absorption players, helium should person stopped that."

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