This was supposed to be the fixture that would end Lisandro Martinez's Premier League career, the game where he would be gobbled up and spat out by Erling Haaland, proof that he just wasn't physically capable of playing in this league.
After Manchester United opened the season with successive defeats to Brighton and Brentford, Martinez was one of the players in the firing line. At 5ft 9in he was considered too small ever to be a success in the Premier League and the £56million signing was being written off.
United conceded six goals in those two games and pundits were highlighting Martinez's lack of stature as a problem. He had difficult moments against Danny Welbeck and Ivan Toney.
