Interim manager Michael Carrick and captain Bruno Fernandes reacted strongly after Lisandro Mart\u00ednez was shown a red card in the match with Leeds United. Carrick said the decision was inexplicable and questioned the interpretation that led to the dismissal.<\/p>\n
“That decision was one of the worst I\u2019ve ever seen,” Carrick fumed. “He [Calvert-Lewin] can throw his arms in Licha\u2019s [Martinez\u2019s] face\u2014and then he\u2019s sent off. Shocking.<\/p>\n
“I don\u2019t even know what it looks like. It\u2019s not a pull, it\u2019s not a tug, it\u2019s not aggressive. He touches it and he gets sent off. Worse of all, he gets sent to overturn it, a clear and obvious error. Shocking. He is off balance and grappling.<\/p>\n
“We have got to be careful where the game is going. It is a shocking decision, absolutely shocking.”<\/p>\n
Fernandes, who later set up Casemiro\u2019s consolation strike just over 10 minutes after the red card, said he would not comment further on the referee.<\/p>\n
“I am not talking about the referee,” he told Sky Sports . “If I talk about the ref I am going to get in very big trouble because the rules are different for everyone and they play different for everyone.<\/p>\n
“The difference in the yellow cards, you can also see it. So it\u2019s better that I don\u2019t say anything.”<\/p>\n
The sequence that led to the dismissal began with a tussle between Mart\u00ednez and Calvert-Lewin, after which the Leeds striker ended up on the floor. Play was stopped only after the former Everton striker alerted the on-field referee. VAR intervened and the decision was taken to dismiss Mart\u00ednez for what was described as “violent conduct.” Asked whether he agreed with the verdict, Calvert-Lewin responded: “I don\u2019t know, I don\u2019t make the rules.”<\/p>\n
Carrick and Fernandes voiced clear frustration at the outcome and the process that followed VAR review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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