The dismissal of Martinez proved to be the flashpoint of the evening, especially as the Argentine was making his return following a two-month injury lay-off. Carrick argued that the contact was accidental and lacked the aggression required for a straight red card, particularly after a VAR intervention.
Expanding on his disbelief regarding the specific mechanics of the incident, Carrick added: "You can elbow Leny Yoro for the first goal, leaning arm obviously, you can throw your arm in Martinez's face and then as he's off balance because of that, he's half grappling, he half touches the back of his hair which pulls the bobble to come out.
"I don't even know what it looks like. It's not a pull, it's not a tug, it's not aggressive. He touches it and he gets send off. Worse of all, he gets sent to overturn it, a clear and obvious error. Shocking."