At the end of the Newcastle vs MU match, coach Ten Hag made a confusing substitution decision when withdrawing the Varane – Martinez pair from the field. Compared to Varane, Martinez showed his attitude.
In the 83rd minute against Newcastle in the 29th round of the Premier League 2022/23, coach Erik Ten Hag shocked when he withdrew both the central defenders Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez from the field. It is quite rare for coaches to withdraw all central defenders from the field at the same time.
In their place are another centre-back…Victor Lindelof and the attacker Facundo Pellistri. At that time, MU was leading 0-1 and the Dutch strategist made it difficult to understand with this decision. Furthermore, he has the option of swapping out two central defenders with Pellistri plus another attacking player.
Just know that Lisandro Martinez is not satisfied and shows an attitude after leaving the field. When going to the bench, the Argentine player showed his anger and threw a water bottle to the ground. The teammates had to help the player born in 1998 to cool down.
After the game, Ten Hag explained his decision: ‘We were too high in midfield and it was easy for their two central defenders to attack. We had to play a little bit deeper. So , I decided to make a substitution.
Unfortunately, Ten Hag’s decision did not yield the results he expected. MU not only could not find an equalizer, but also let Newcastle concede 1 more goal, thereby receiving a 0-2 defeat in the end.
The victory over MU helped ‘The Magpies’ from the 5th position to climb to the 3rd place of the opponent. Newcastle currently have 50 points, equal to MU but they are superior in the number of goals and defeats (+22 vs +4).
