Crimson King
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Maybe I'm misremembering, but the tackle Martinez did on MGW was strong but perfectly fine. It was unfortunate he was injured, if it was indeed from that impact, but there was nothing dirty about the tackle. It didn't even lead to a free kick. The only posts I saw on here were just celebrating a strong tackle from a popular player.As much as Carroll is a Neanderthal, there were a few on here having a titter about the tackle that injured MGW the other night. Don’t get me wrong, I much preferred football when it was a full contact sport but you can’t castigate Carroll while celebrating “the butcher”.
Carroll charged around clattering into people like he was on WWE, leading to two yellow cards and Eriksen leaving the stadium on crutches.
Also, Martinez's nickname is relatively tongue in cheek and more to do with his aggression and uncompromising style, especially given his size. In fact, according to whoscored.com, he's only been sent off once in his career, and that was playing for Newell's Old Boys when he was just starting out.