West Ham sendte onsdag aften Manchester United ud af Carabao Cuppen, og særligt Anthony Martial får efterfølgende kritik for sin præstation.
- Vi er nødt til at se mere fra Anthony Martial. Vi har sagt det mange gange før, men han hjælper ikke på det. Jeg vil se ham svede og sende bolden i nettet. Han har ikke gjort nok, siden han kom til United.
- Man ser glimt af det og tænker, at det er begyndelsen på noget godt, men så udretter han ingenting. Hans kropssprog er forfærdeligt at se på. Han vil ikke arbejde hårdt for at blive Uniteds 9'er, siger tidligere engelsk landsholdsspiller Dion Dublin til BBC 5 Live Radio.
Også på Twitter kritiseres franskmanden for sin præstation.
Alex Shaw fra ESPN skriver eksempelvis, at det var sidste chance for Martial, og at vi ikke kommer til at se meget mere til ham. Samuel Luckhurst fra Manchester Evening News skriver desuden, at Solskjær trækker smerten ud ved at fortsætte med at bruge Martial.
It was last chance saloon time for Martial at Man United this season, and I think that’s it for him.
— Alex Shaw (@AlexShawESPN) September 22, 2021
League Cup has never constituted a successful season at #mufc but pressure will gradually increase, with no trophy at the earliest possible stage. Solskjaer wasn't complacent with starting line-up but he is prolonging the agony with Martial. Telles recall a mistake.
— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) September 22, 2021
There was a sense, btw, (as reported on @TheAthleticUK at the time) that Solskjaer would have preferred to lose Martial than James at end of the window. Good luck finding a buyer at United’s value tho...
— Adam Crafton (@AdamCrafton_) September 22, 2021
Hard for players with no rhythm at all to hit the ground running but Man United still should have had enough to win. Lingard was good but Martial was so poor.
— Rob Dawson (@RobDawsonESPN) September 22, 2021