ADAMA TRAORE has hit back at Lisandro Martinez following their clash in Manchester United’s 1-0 win over Fulham.

The pair went toe-to-toe at Old Trafford in the Premier League’s opening game, with the winger getting the better of the World Cup winner early on when he breezed past him to get to the byline.

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Adama Traore laid down a warning to Lisandro Martinez following their battle at Old TraffordCredit: https://www.instagram.com/adamatrd37/



Martinez and Traore clashed in Man Utd’s narrow win over Fulham on FridayCredit: PA

However, in their second meeting, Martinez got his own back and muscled Traore off the ball in front of the Stretford End.

Following the game, in which Joshua Zirkzee came off the bench to score a late winner on his Red Devils debut, Martinez joked to Sky Sports that he had “sent him to the gym”.

The 26-year-old said: “I learnt from the first situation.

“In the first situation, he killed me — so I killed him back.”

But Traore has not taken the barb lying down.

Instead, the 28-year-old took to social media to issue a warning to Martinez.

Taking to his Instagram story, he shared a picture of himself in training alongside the caption: “Don’t worry we will meet again,” alongside a smiling-winking emoji.

He also tagged the former Ajax star in the post.

The Liverpool legend repeatedly hit out at the defender in 2022, claiming the 5ft 9in defender would struggle after he arrived in the Prem.

Gary Neville asked him: “When you first came there were a lot of comments about you because of the physicality of this league, how have you found it?”

“You mean from him,” replied Martinez, as he pointed at Carragher.

The former Anfield centre-back immediately took the chance to walk over to Martinez to measure him up – and found their height difference minimal.

In fact, in an awkward exchange, as the pair stood side-to-side a shocked Carragher admitted: “He’s bigger than me!”

Carragher asked if Martinez was worried about the physicality of the English game and got a defiant response.

He declared: “I know that I’m not really tall, but I will win.”