{"id":5040,"date":"2026-04-13T22:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5040"},"modified":"2026-04-13T22:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:31:17","slug":"michael-carrick-rages-at-shocking-decisions-in-surprise-man-utd-defeat-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5040","title":{"rendered":"Michael Carrick rages at &#8216;shocking&#8217; decisions in surprise Man Utd defeat | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271193243.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27964750\" alt=\"Manchester United v Leeds United - Premier League\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Interim Manchester United boss Michael Carrick was left fuming with officials after defeat to Leeds (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Michael Carrick claims Lisandro Martinez\u2019s red card against Leeds was one of the worst refereeing decisions he has ever seen as he slammed the \u2018shocking\u2019 officiating.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United were beaten 2-1 at home by Leeds on Monday night as the Yorkshire side enjoyed a huge boost to their Premier League survival chances.<\/p>\n<p>Noah Okafor scored both of the visitors\u2019 goals, both within the first half hour, before Martinez was shown a straight red on 56 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils defender was adjudged to have pulled Dominic Calvert-Lewin\u2019s hair, with VAR instructing the referee to have a look at the replay, which led to the sending off.<\/p>\n<p>Carrick was seething about the decision, while he also felt Calvert-Lewin fouled Leny Yoro in the build up to Okafor\u2019s opener.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We didn\u2019t start the game particularly well. We obviously conceded,\u2019 Carrick told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Leny Yoro gets a forearm smashed in the back of his head and then they score the first goal, so they didn\u2019t decide to overturn that decision, so that was a big moment in the game. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271193259.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27964811\" alt=\"Manchester United v Leeds United - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Leny Yoro had a difficult night against Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018We didn\u2019t quite have the rhythm, we didn\u2019t click, we had some moments but it wasn\u2019t quite there for large parts of the first half. <\/p>\n<p>Second half I thought the boys went about it, stayed positive and fought for everything and tried to get something out of the game after another shocking, shocking decision to send Licha off. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018That\u2019s two games in a row we\u2019ve had decisions like that go against us, but that is one of the worst I\u2019ve seen.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A hair pull is adjudged to be violent conduct, which is a straight red card, but Carrick could not understand how the pretty minor pull can be seen as worse as a whack in the head with an arm.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You can elbow Leny Yoro for the first goal, in the side of the head, then you can throw your arm in Licha\u2019s face,\u2019 said the Manchester United interim boss. \u2018Then as he\u2019s off balance because of it, he half touches the back of his hair, which pulls the bobble out and leads to it looking like\u2026 I don\u2019t even know what it looks like. It\u2019s not a pull, it\u2019s not a tug, it\u2019s not aggressive. He touches it and gets sent off. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Worst of all he was sent to overturn it as a clear and obvious error. It\u2019s shocking.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271196274.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27964826\" alt=\"Manchester United v Leeds United - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Lisandro Martinez looked baffled by Paul Tierney\u2019s decision (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the decisions, Jamie Carragher had little sympathy for the complaint over the first goal, defending Calvert-Lewin.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018No, I always think every challenge looks worse in slow motion, but for me, no,\u2019 the former Liverpool defender told Sky Sports. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018When you get up you need that leverage with your arms. For me, I wouldn\u2019t be expecting a foul there.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>There was more sympathy on the Martinez red card, with Roy Keane accepting that a red card comes by the letter of the law, but this situation felt harsh.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018When you class this as violent conduct, as ex-players, that seems really harsh,\u2019 said the Irishman. \u2018But we\u2019ve seen other players, [Michael] Keane at Everton, it is harsh, but if we\u2019re looking at the laws of the game then you have to accept it. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018You\u2019ve obviously not going to agree with it, as Carrick is, he\u2019s disappointed with it, but we\u2019ve seen it happen before.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Carragher thought it was \u2018soft\u2019 suggesting most fans would be thinking: \u2018Come on, that is not a red card, behave yourself.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Roy Keane points finger at Declan Rice as Arsenal wobble in title race<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Why Kobbie Mainoo misses Manchester United vs Leeds tonight<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Michael Carrick drops hint over new contract for Manchester United star<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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