Martínez exposes Man United's harsh reality: Blame lies with top brass, not Carrick

MADRID -- Manchester United 's players do have some fighting spirit after all. But it epitomizes the dysfunctional nature of one of the world's biggest and most underperforming teams that Lisandro Martínez chose to go into battle against the club's owners and decision-makers after Atlético Madrid inflicted yet another defeat in a miserable season. In a bombshell postmatch interview with broadcaster Amazon Prime, Martínez delivered the inconvenient truth that the men who control United have allowed to team to fall behind its rivals due to serious underinvestment.