Carrick benched Lisandro Martinez against Roma; United fell 2-0 behind inside 20 minutes

Michael Carrick benched Lisandro Martinez for Manchester United's Nov. 3 Champions League match against Roma at Old Trafford. BBC Match of the Day reported the decision, while TyMarshall_MEN's posted starting XI named Ayden Heaven and Maguire. katwalshy1 reported two changes from United's defeat to Chelsea: Martinez went to the bench, and Mainoo replaced Santos.

Ronan1660470 posted that Heaven would start alongside Maguire. The Athletic FC noted Martinez's red card against Chelsea, but its warmup observation only suggested Heaven would take the left-sided center-back spot, with Diogo Dalot at left-back and Leny Yoro at right-back. The post did not give a statement from Carrick explaining his selection.

Roma's Matias Soule opened the scoring, The Athletic FC posted at 20:18 UTC, putting United 1-0 down at home. ESPN FC reported at 20:23 UTC that Roma led 2-0 inside 20 minutes. Bleacher Report Football's 20:28 UTC post also had United down 2-0, describing the match as 17 minutes in. Those were early match updates, not a final result.