Fans have theory behind Alejandro Garnacho incident vs Ipswich as new footage of substitution emerges

A moment that was not caught by TV broadcasters during Manchester United's Premier League clash against Ipswich Town on Wednesday night has emerged.

In the 43rd minute, Ruben Amorim was forced to make an early change after Patrick Dorgu was dismissed following a studs-up challenge on Omari Hutchinson.

Alejandro Garnacho would make way for Noussair Mazraoui but moments later, the Argentine made headlines when he walked straight down the Old Trafford tunnel.

After the full-time whistle, Garnacho took to social media to seemingly express his disappointment at being replaced, posting an image of himself looking disconsolate on his Instagram story.

Now, fan footage has emerged that appears to show Garnacho making a gesture towards the Old Trafford bench.

As you can see from the clip below, Garnacho appears to tell staff that he was going to change his wet shirt before walking down the tunnel and into the home dressing room.

Here's how fans on social media reacted to the new footage.

One said: "Just seen this clip now which indeed shows that Garnacho told the staff he was going down the tunnel to change his shirt. Still shouldn't have posted that pic after the game, though."

A second wrote: "Alejandro Garnacho signalled he was changing his shirt before heading straight down the tunnel," and a third commented: "Garnacho clearly told the staff he was going down the tunnel to change his shirt."

A fourth said: "Wasn't the IG post to show the state of his shirt, that needed changing?!" and a fifth added: "’ll take back what I said. He still needs to work on his attitude tho."

Just seen this clip now which indeed shows that Garnacho told the staff he was going down the tunnel to change his shirt.

Still shouldn't have posted that pic after the game, though.pic.twitter.com/RsgDOnvxZu

— UF (@UtdFaithfuls) February 27, 2025

Speaking in his post-match press conference, Amorim touched on Garnacho's decision to head straight down the tunnel.

“It was cold and wet, maybe,” he said. “The thinking was we’d play more in the 5-3-1. I know that is a risk because you are taking maybe the only player who has one against one pace but I felt the team was OK in the controlling of the game, almost at half-time.

“Then you make the substitution. We have to choose someone to go out, we have to think about set pieces also, so it was my choice.”

Amorim was later asked to clarify whether he was unhappy with Garnacho and, to the surprise of some, he brought up Marcus Rashford, who recently joined Aston Villa on loan until the end of the season.

“You are making a connection with Rashford, right? I know, I know,” he added.

“What I’m saying is I’m going to talk obviously with Garnacho about that, so I will talk about that if you want in the next press conference.”