Centre-back wants team to be ‘strong in the mind’Martínez plays down disagreement in final game of tour
Lisandro Martínez believes André Onana’s disagreement with Harry Maguire in Manchester United’s 3-2 defeat by Borussia Dortmund on Sunday was required to ensure the defender remained focused. The incident occurred in the second half of United’s final tour match at Las Vegas’s Allegiant Stadium when Maguire passed to Christian Eriksen who was dispossessed and Onana had to save from Sébastien Haller.
United’s new goalkeeper instantly raced over to remonstrate with Maguire, possibly because he viewed the pass to Eriksen as being too short. Martínez said: “It’s better for [this]. If you are focused you can fight with your teammates as well; you need to make sure everyone is really sharp, but nothing happened. It’s part of football.”
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