{"id":12961,"date":"2026-04-14T08:13:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=12961"},"modified":"2026-04-14T08:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:13:31","slug":"premier-league-live-manchester-united-lose-to-leeds-united-with-implications-at-both-ends-of-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=12961","title":{"rendered":"Premier League LIVE: Manchester United lose to Leeds United with implications at both ends of the table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"asset:62d1895e-87d2-4de7-809b-0ee133631484\">\n<header class=\"ssrcss-1gu7x8n-Header e14e9ror5\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1de7kuz-HeadingContainer e14e9ror1\"><\/p>\n<h3 type=\"normal\" class=\"ssrcss-1tlokdm-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-189b1h2-HeadlineWrap e14e9ror2\"><span>&#8216;One of worst decisions ever&#8217; &#8211; Martinez sent off for hair-pull<\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-rcvhal-ServerSideTime e14e9ror0\"><span data-testid=\"timestamp\" class=\"ssrcss-19b8cwc-Timestamp ekpio9q4\"><span data-testid=\"accessible-timestamp\" class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">published at 07:55 BST<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ssrcss-crgz56-Time ekpio9q2\">07:55 BST<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-j37a1a-SubheadlineWrap e14e9ror3\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-fxb76l-Paragraph e14e9ror4\"><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-189b1h2-HeadlineWrap e14e9ror2\">Man Utd 1-2 Leeds<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/header>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Man United manager Michael Carrick said Lisandro Martinez&#8217;s red card was &#8220;one of the worst&#8221; decisions he has seen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Martinez, 28, was shown a straight red by referee Paul Tierney for pulling the hair of Leeds striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin and will now face a three-match suspension, although Carrick suggested afterwards the club could appeal against the decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Carrick was left fuming at the dismissal, saying: &#8220;That decision was one of the worst I&#8217;ve ever seen. He [Calvert-Lewin] can throw his arms in Licha&#8217;s [Martinez&#8217;s] face &#8211; and then he&#8217;s sent off. Shocking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t even know what it looks like. It&#8217;s not a pull, it&#8217;s not a tug, it&#8217;s not aggressive. He touches it and he gets sent off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Worse of all, he gets sent to overturn it, a clear and obvious error. Shocking. He is off balance and grappling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We have got to be careful where the game is going. It is a shocking decision, absolutely shocking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"component-wrapper\" class=\"ssrcss-x1a9pc-ComponentWrapper euqv13p0\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-hc6arm-StyledFigure e34k3c22\"><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-79fevy-StyledFigureCaption e1xtk7to0\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Media caption, <\/span><\/p>\n<div spacing=\"6\" class=\"ssrcss-15twdc6-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester United 1-2 Leeds United: Martinez red is &#8216;shocking decision&#8217; &#8211; Michael Carrick<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;One of worst decisions ever&#8217; &#8211; Martinez sent off for hair-pullpublished at 07:55 BST 07:55 BST Man Utd 1-2 Leeds Man United manager Michael Carrick said Lisandro Martinez&#8217;s red card was &#8220;one of the worst&#8221; decisions he has seen. 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