Man United draw with Fulham: Michael Carrick equals unwanted Premier League record to match 12-year worst in damning stat

Manchester United's gully with Fulham means they person their joint-lowest points tally aft 5 games of a Premier League play (five) since 2014-15.

The Red Devils travelled to Craven Cottage connected Sunday, but they near with conscionable a constituent aft drawing 1-1 with the Cottagers.

Michael Carrick was fortunate that his broadside near with thing fixed they needed Matheus Cunha to people a precocious equaliser to debar a defeat.

United person present played 5 games successful the Premier League, and they caput into the planetary interruption with conscionable 5 points.

That represents their worst commencement aft 5 league fixtures since they picked up 5 successful 2014-15 nether the absorption of Louis van Gaal.

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Losing to Fulham would person added immense unit connected Carrick, but portion a constituent whitethorn easiness immoderate of the calls for him to beryllium replaced, his team's commencement to the play has inactive been poor.

Losses against newly-promoted Hull City and 10-man Manchester City were damaging, and though they bushed Ipswich Town 5-2 successful precocious August, their opponents squandered galore chances.

Fulham were bottommost of the array anterior to Sunday's clash, yet they managed to stay competitory for ample periods of the game.

The Red Devils are already 4 points from the apical 5 contempt having a favourable archetypal 5 fixtures, truthful it is casual to recognize wherefore fans are acrophobic astir the squad successful the coming months.

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Carrick cannot beryllium pleased with the constituent astatine Craven Cottage, and helium volition rightly beryllium disquieted astir the adjacent acceptable of fixtures.

United volition person to play against the likes of Tottenham Hotspur, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Brentford, Liverpool and Arsenal successful their adjacent 10 league games, portion they volition besides person to contend with respective Champions League matches successful that time.

There are gaps successful the Red Devils' squad, and their first-team starters are besides lacking successful quality, truthful it would not beryllium astonishing if fans had to endure a play of antagonistic results heading into the winter.