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Lisandro Martinez can finally end Manchester United debate against Man City

This was supposed to be the fixture that would end Lisandro Martinez's Premier League career, the game where he would be gobbled up and spat out by Erling Haaland, proof that he just wasn't physically capable of playing in this league.

After Manchester United opened the season with successive defeats to Brighton and Brentford, Martinez was one of the players in the firing line. At 5ft 9in he was considered too small ever to be a success in the Premier League and the £56million signing was being written off.

United conceded six goals in those two games and pundits were highlighting Martinez's lack of stature as a problem. He had difficult moments against Danny Welbeck and Ivan Toney.

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But Erik ten Hag knew what he was getting when he demanded United sign the left-footed Argentine and what he lacks in size he more than makes up for in aggression. Six weeks on from the Brentford debacle he's a cult hero at United. In his last game he was serenaded by chants of 'Argentina, Argentina' from the 600 United fans in Moldova.

United have won five of their last six games in all competitions and Martinez has started all five. His partnership with Raphael Varane has helped the team to three clean sheets in that period and just three goals conceded. They look a much more competent and assured outfit since those first weeks of the season.

Martinez has dealt ably with Roberto Firmino, Che Adams, Jamie Vardy and Gabriel Jesus in the four successive Premier League wins, but much like the team he's in, his biggest test awaits at the Etihad this weekend.

Haaland is eight inches taller than Martinez and those pundits watching his early struggles in the

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