When Jude Bellingham is this irrepressible, the only way to halt him is through illegal means. Lisandro Martinez was the first Manchester United player to volunteer.
Martinez received a yellow card for the second friendly running and, like his cynical upending of Bukayo Saka in New Jersey, it was warranted.
In Houston, United had a problem and it was Bellingham. Bellingham shoved Martinez back and, as he said himself afterwards, was "effing this and effing that" about the Argentine's aggressiveness.
When Martinez was substituted after an hour, he acknowledged Bellingham, whose evening lasted for 45 virtuoso minutes. "The little tiff with Martinez is one of those things," Bellingham said. "He is a brilliant player.
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