Jamie Carragher forced to address elephant in the room during viral Lisandro Martinez interview

Jamie Carragher issued an apology of sorts to Lisandro Martinez for comments he made at the start of his Premier League career as the two spoken on the CBS Sports Golazo on Thursday.

Manchester United ran out 4-0 winners over Azerbaijan Premier League champions Sabah on their return to the Champions League, with Matheus Cunha, Bruno Fernandes, Benjamin Sesko and Martinez all on target.

Afterwards, Martinez was whisked in for an interview with CBS Sports and spoke live to the star-studded punditry made up of Carragher, Micah Richards and Thierry Henry.

Jamie Carragher addressed previous comments about Lisandro Martinez in CBS interview

The Argentine was on a high after scoring his first-ever goal at Old Trafford, and his appearance led to Carragher addressing his infamous criticism of the former Ajax defender when he joined United.

In analysis for Monday Night Football back in 2022, Carragher questioned Martinez's height of 5ft 9 and stated, "I'm convinced this can't work because the size of him playing in a back four".

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The Liverpool legend said he could potentially play left-back or on the left back, but claimed "he cannot play there in the Premier League" in regards to a back four.

Carragher did issue an apology to Martinez on Sky Sports in 2023 and told United supporters they "can stop tweeting" him.

However, when the opportunity to speak to Martinez directly came, Carragher jumped at it and told him: "Lisandro, when you first joined Manchester United I said you were too small to succeed. You've now been here for four or five years, you've completely proven me wrong.. It’s fair to say you’ve grown on me.”

Martinez, who has also come in for criticism from United legends Paul Scholes and Gary Neville, offered a mature response and replied: "That's fine. Sometimes you have to listen to take these comments from you guys and you have to be smart. If you keep thinking about what you are saying, in the end I will be playing bad and thinking bad things you know.

"I'm trying to be focused and giving everything for this club that trusted me from day one."

Lisandro Martinez receives round of applause from CBS panel after Man United victory

In his debut for the light-hearted CBS coverage of the Champions League, Martinez was also given a round of applause from the panel.

As he does in every interview with a player, Richards asked Martinez who is your favourite on the show?" and he immediately picked Arsenal legend Henry.

Richards pressed him and asked Martinez, "What about us defenders?".

But with barely any hesitation, the World Cup winner simply explained, "I like to watch quality players".