Trailing to Lisandro Martinez’s farcical own goal, United were just moments away from a third successive defeat on another dispiriting afternoon for Carrick. Matheus Cunha’s deflected 89th minute equaliser spared United from fresh humiliation. But escaping with a barely-deserved point against a winless side sitting second-from-bottom of the Premier League was hardly cause for celebration.
Michael Carrick struck a defiant tone after Manchester United equalled their worst start to a Premier League season, but Sunday’s woeful 1-1 draw at Fulham left the beleaguered boss under mounting pressure.
Michael Carrick struck a defiant tone after Manchester United equalled their worst start to a Premier League season, but Sunday’s woeful 1-1 draw at Fulham left the beleaguered boss under mounting pressure.
Today, own-goal, that’s one of them things. With only one win so far this season, United have matched their lowest points total after five matches in the Premier League era. Commenting on the match for Sky Sports, ex-United defender Gary Neville was scathing in his assessment of their performance at the start of the second half. The City goal that’s not a goal.
Beaten in the Manchester derby by an Erling Haaland goal that should have been disallowed last weekend, United then blew a two-goal lead at home for the first time in 50 years in a League Cup meltdown against Brighton. Already 10 points behind leaders City, Carrick’s team were so underwhelming against Fulham that even one of the manager’s former team-mates took a swipe at United. “On the other side of it, at Everton, a 25-yard shot, top corner for their equaliser.
“You learn about each other, they learn about me, I learn about the individual and as a team, how we respond, what our reaction is,” he said.
