{"id":529861,"date":"2026-04-14T06:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/529861\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T06:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:38:09","slug":"man-utd-how-many-matches-is-lisandro-martinez-banned-for-after-leeds-red-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/529861\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd: How many matches is Lisandro Martinez banned for after Leeds red card?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The incident was caught by VAR, and Paul Tierney gave the centre-back his marching orders after a short review.<\/p>\n

\"Premier<\/p>\n

Caught red-handed: Lisandro Martinez<\/p>\n

REUTERS<\/p>\n

Tierney\u2019s decision has sparked controversy, with Michael Carrick describing the decision as \u2018shocking\u2019 and \u2018one of the worst I\u2019ve seen\u2019. Bruno Fernandes, meanwhile, was booked for dissent after enthusiastically protesting.<\/p>\n

The decision followed the letter of the law, though the Premier League referee\u2019s handbook does state that a hair pull must be forceful to warrant a sending off, and debate will surely rage for some time over the semantics of the incident.<\/p>\n

Martinez, though, now finds himself facing an enforced spell on the sidelines, provided the club decide not to appeal the decision.<\/p>\n

How many matches is Lisandro Martinez suspended for after Leeds red card?<\/p>\n

While the on-pitch infringement was a hair pull on Calvert-Lewin, Martinez was officially sent off for violent conduct.<\/p>\n

The standard penalty for such a crime is three matches, a suspension which will rule him out of some key matches in the run-in.<\/p>\n

He is suspended for next weekend\u2019s visit to fellow Champions League hopefuls Chelsea and the following match against European aspirants Brentford. <\/p>\n

He will complete his suspension as United host another top-of-the-table rival in Liverpool.<\/p>\n

Martinez will return, however, for the last three matches of the season. Those will see United visit Sunderland, host Nottingham Forest and visit Brighton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The incident was caught by VAR, and Paul Tierney gave the centre-back his marching orders after a short…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[121079,49,2375,3508,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-529861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-dominic-calvert-lewin","tag-headlines","tag-leeds","tag-lisandro-martinez","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}