Carrick brushes off Martínez’s failure to apologise publicly to United director Wilcox

‘I understand emotion at times,’ said Michael Carrick as he backed Lisandro Martínez after the player’s outburst. Photograph: Bradley Collyer/PA

Michael Carrick brushed off Lisandro Martínez’s failure to offer Jason Wilcox a public apology after the defender criticised Manchester United’s director of football in the wake of Tuesday’s defeat at Atlético Madrid.

Martínez referred directly to Wilcox after the 2-0 Champions League loss, saying: “I expect more from our technical director.”