"It was a good game plan and it worked" - Ivan Toney suggests Brentford tailored gameplan to exploit Manchester United star's weakness × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Football EPL 2022-23 News It was a good game plan and it worked - Ivan Toney suggests Brentford tailored gameplan to exploit Manchester United star s weakness By Jack Spedding Modified 15 Aug 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Ivan Toney reveals Brentford's plan against Manchester United Brentford forward Ivan Toney has suggested that his team specifically targeted Manchester United centre-back Lisandro Martinez during their historic 4-0 victory on Saturday, August 13. The Bees, who are in only their second Premier League season, destroyed Erik ten Hag's side with four unanswered goals within 35 minutes of the first half. Manchester United put on one of their worst ever top-flight performances. Goalkeeping errors, defensive howlers and a clear lack of effort contributed to a miserable evening in west London for the visitors. Suprotim@SuproAFCIvan Toney vs Lisandro Martinez next week.50343Ivan Toney vs Lisandro Martinez next week. https://t.co/NJB4yJpelM Much has been made of Manchester United playing new signing 5' 9" Martinez at centre-back. Toney admitted that Thomas Frank's men targeted the diminutive Argentine defender during their win. Martinez was hooked at half-time and Toney took that as a compliment to him, as he stated (per The Manchester Evening News): "To be fair to him he was doing well and was very aggressive for a centre-back. Obviously, if he gets beaten in the air he does well on the floor. It was a 50-50 and sometimes I got the better of him and sometimes he got the better of me." He added: "It is a compliment for me, him getting subbed off at half-time - but whether it was for me or for a different thing they wanted to do we won't worry." The 26-year-old attacker further added: "[With my] quality in the air and against a smaller centre-back. It was a good game plan and it worked. I felt I would put my body about." ODDSbible@ODDSbibleMarcus Rashford typing up Lisandro Martinez’s first Man Utd apology tweet424185115Marcus Rashford typing up Lisandro Martinez’s first Man Utd apology tweet https://t.co/zTHJsHn1gx Gary Neville believes Lisandro Martinez cannot play in a back four for Manchester United According to The Metro, former Manchester United captain Gary Neville has claimed that the Martinez doesn't have the physical traits to play in a Premier League back four. The former England international moved to full-back under Sir Alex Ferguson due to his lack of height. The pundit told Sky Sports (as quoted in the already mentioned Metro article): "Maybe on the left in a back three, that could potentially work. Maybe playing in midfield, because we know he can do that. I think he’s got tenacity and, to be fair, I wouldn’t judge him at all at this moment in time. But to say he could play in a back four away at Brentford against Toney and [Bryan] Mbeumo, he physically can’t compete with them." Neville further added: "When I saw him swapping with [Harry] Maguire in the first half at the long throws, it reminded me of Pally who used to swap with me. If you’re having to swap positions at centre-back to compensate for the other one it’s just not great and that’s what continually happened. They did target him in that first half."Dominic Booth@DomBooth19I’m seeing lots of chat about Lisandro Martinez’s height, but very little about David de Gea’s abysmal performance yesterday. Martinez has played two games in English football, but De Gea has had countless chances and consistently makes mistakes. He’s not good enough. #mufc3205416I’m seeing lots of chat about Lisandro Martinez’s height, but very little about David de Gea’s abysmal performance yesterday. Martinez has played two games in English football, but De Gea has had countless chances and consistently makes mistakes. He’s not good enough. #mufc Paul Merson predicts Arsenal vs Liverpool and other EPL GW 10 fixtures! Click here Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Aditya Singh × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? 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