Gary Neville blasts Man Utd star as Argentina survive scare to reach World Cup quarter-finals

Lisandro Martinez ‘switched off’ for Egypt’s opener against Argentina, says Gary Neville (Picture: ITV)

Gary Neville highlighted Lisandro Martinez’s questionable defending in Argentina’s stunning World Cup comeback win over Egypt, accusing the centre-back of ‘switching off’ in the first half.

Argentina, the holders, entered the last-16 clash as the heavy favourites to advance through to the quarter-finals, despite surviving an almighty fright at the round-of-32 stage against Cape Verde.

But Lionel Scaloni’s men got off to a nightmare as Yasser Ibrahim outjumped Martinez to head Egypt...