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Archive photo · 14 March 2009Lisandro Martínez Sent Off After Handball Penalty as Chelsea Beat Manchester United 2-0
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Lisandro Martínez was sent off for a second yellow after a VAR-awarded penalty. Morgan Rogers scored Chelsea's opener and Cole Palmer converted the ensuing penalty.
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Martínez sent off at 60
Lisandro Martínez was sent off at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea after committing a handball penalty in a corner that VAR reviewed, and the Manchester United defender received his second yellow card in the 60th minute. Chelsea then converted the penalty, and Morgan Rogers scored in the 50th minute before Cole Palmer scored the second-half penalty as Chelsea secured a 2-0 home win over 10-man Manchester United. The Chelsea official site said the penalty was awarded after a VAR review for Martínez elbowing Wesley Fofana from a corner, and it stated that Martínez was shown a second yellow card and a red for the incident.
The BBC’s player ratings framed the match as Rogers and Cole Palmer scoring as Chelsea beat United, while the ratings described Martínez as being sent off after conceding a penalty. The match report from Chelsea’s official site added that Palmer converted from 12 yards in the 64th minute after the VAR review, and it described the red card as the moment the Argentine defender’s team went down to ten players.
VAR and the penalty
The BBC’s ratings described Martínez as having “another desperate day” for Manchester United, and it said he was sent off after conceding a penalty that Palmer converted. Chelsea’s official match report said “The Argentine defender was shown a second yellow card and a red for the incident,” tying the sending-off directly to the VAR-checked corner incident. The 365Scores account said the decisive action occurred in the 60th minute after VAR confirmed the penalty for the local side, and it described Martínez’s second caution as leading to his immediate sending-off.
The BBC’s player ratings also placed the match’s turning point around the red card, with Cole Palmer’s penalty described as the result of Martínez’s sending-off. The Chelsea report said the Blues appeared to have added a third goal when Estevao powered a finish into the roof of the net, but VAR ruled it out for offside, leaving the 2-0 scoreline unchanged.
Relegation pressure and next
Michael Carrick’s Manchester United entered the match with a crisis that left them unable to pull away from the relegation zone, and Clarin said the defeat left United on the brink of relegation. Clarin reported that United had nine games without a win across competitions, and it said the club’s continuity of coach Michael Carrick “seems increasingly unsustainable.” The False 9 account said United were back in Europe this week, facing Roma at Old Trafford, as pressure mounted with every match after the 2-0 loss.
The False 9 account also described the second-half collapse as Martinez giving away a penalty after receiving a yellow card, and it said Cole Palmer converted the penalty and the result was all but settled. The False 9 account added that Chelsea should have had a third, but it said Estevao was just offside when he beat Maguire in a 3v1 situation, keeping the match at 2-0 as United turned to their next fixtures.