After the humiliating defeat to Brentford, it was hard to see how Manchester United players could pick themselves up but two weeks later they have six points and sit eighth in the table.
Following last Monday’s 2-1 win over Liverpool, Lisandro Martinez earned the plaudits of many analysts for his steely performance. Some caveated this with the argument that Southampton would be a different aerial test.
However, he put in another classy display to help earn United ’s first clean sheet of the season in Saturday’s 1-0 win. As a consequence, there’s little talk of his height being an issue now.
