Erik ten Hag’s faith in Manchester United “warrior” Lisandro Martinez will be put to the test as Manchester City striker Erling Haaland aims to extend his red-hot streak in Sunday’s derby.
Haaland has made a blistering start since joining the Premier League champions from Borussia Dortmund for £51.5 million (S$82.5 million) in the close season.
With 14 goals in nine games for City, the Norway striker, playing in his first Manchester derby, will put United’s recent revival to the test.
He has failed to score in only one Premier League game out of seven this season, but United manager ten Hag might have the solution to taming the prolific 22-year-old.
When ten Hag’s Ajax Amsterdam faced Dortmund in the Champions League last season, they stopped Haaland from scoring and won the group match 4-0 thanks in large part to an inspired display from a tenacious now-United defender.
However, former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher warned in his Telegraph column: “Haaland may have been kept quiet by Martinez in Ajax’s Champions League game... but the Norwegian is currently the best striker in the world... (Martinez’s) desire to engage by continuously hunting down and tackling his opponents – is what he may need to curb most...
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