Lisandro Martinez bites back after being the butt of Manchester derby jokes

Nicky Butt joked Erling Haaland “would pick Martinez up and run with him”.

Lisandro Martinez was mocked for his size ahead of the Manchester derby (Nick Potts/PA)

Lisandro Martinez challenged Paul Scholes to speak to him face-to-face and even invited him to his house after the Manchester United great and Nicky Butt mocked the defender’s size ahead of the derby battle with Erling Haaland.

Manchester City were widely tipped to defeat Michael Carrick in his first match as the Red Devils’ head coach, but Pep Guardiola’s stuttering side ended up fortunate to escape Old Trafford with just a 2-0 defeat.