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Isaac Johnson

The moment Manchester United ace Lisandro Martinez kept Lionel Messi's World Cup dream alive

Lisandro Martinez has only started one game for Argentina at the World Cup but he may have provided one of their most crucial moments at the tournament so far.

The Manchester United defender came off the bench five minutes after half-time in their 2-1 win over Australia. He saw Julian Alvarez put his side 2-0 up seven minutes later following a mistake from goalkeeper Mathew Ryan, after Lionel Messi’s first-half strike on his 1,000th career appearance.

A heavily deflected effort from Socceroos star Craig Goodwin went down as an own goal by United-linked Enzo Fernandez on 77 minutes to set up a tense finale. Dundee United's Aziz Behich then went on a fabulous mazy run, leaving defenders in his wake eight minutes from time.

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