Anthony Martial sent off for ‘striking’ Erik Lamela to cap nightmare first-half for Man Utd

Caught your breath yet? Nope, us neither

Anthony Martial was shown a straight red card to cap a terrible first-half showing against Tottenham on Sunday. Bruno Fernandes had put United a goal up after Martial earned a penalty in the opening minute, but things swiftly fell apart from United. Spurs instantly hit back with a Tanguy Ndombele equaliser, soon followed by a goal from Son Heung-min. After cutting through United at will, Spurs earned a corner. As the players waited for it to be taken, however, Lamela appeared to elbow Martial, who responded by lashing out with such force the Argentine was sent to deck in agony. A red card soon followed for Martial, approved by VAR. Lamela received a yellow and was thankfully able to recover. https://twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1312786087006306311 Things became much worse for United almost instantly. Kane capitalised on more shambolic defending from United before Son added a fourth before half-time.