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Seeing as the Ifab laws of football decree that hair-pulling is an act of violent conduct that is punishable by a straight red card, Football Daily is somewhat perplexed by the controversy surrounding the dismissal of Lisandro Martínez at Old Trafford on Monday night. Approaching the hour mark of his side’s 2-1 defeat by Leeds, the Argentinian quite clearly yanked Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s hair, sending the Leeds striker’s man-bunned up tresses cascading over his shoulders by pulling off the scrunchy that was holding them in place without so much as a formal invitation.
While the incident went unnoticed by referee Paul Tierney, Calvert-Lewin and the curtain-twitchers at Stockley Park quickly intervened. Upon reviewing the involuntary Timotei advert reboot on his pitchside monitor, Tierney announced that Martínez was being sent off while pronouncing the word “hair” with the same clipped dramatic flair Audrey Roberts used to bring to Coronation Street. With Martínez caught bang to rights, United could have few complaints but obviously that didn’t stop Michael Carrick giving the match officials both barrels after the match in a bid to deflect from his team’s poor performance.
