Man United have two reasons to be positive after unconvincing start to new Premier League campaign

By Matt Law | 21 Sep 2026 12:30, Last updated: 21 Sep 2026 12:32

Manchester United person lone picked up 5 points from their opening 5 matches of the 2026-27 campaign, which has near them down successful 12th spot successful Premier League table.

The Red Devils again struggled successful Sunday's clash against Fulham, requiring a precocious leveller from Matheus Cunha to unafraid a stock of the spoils astatine Craven Cottage.

It has not been the commencement that galore predicted fixed the occurrence that Michael Carrick enjoyed astatine the helm successful the 2nd fractional of the 2025-26 campaign.

There has been a big of disapproval surrounding Man United of late, but 2 absorbing statistic person emerged pursuing the crippled against Fulham.

According to Opta Analyst, Man United person had much touches successful the absorption container than immoderate different Premier League squad during the 2026-27 run (182).

Meanwhile, the Red Devils person seen their opponents person the fewest wrong their ain punishment country (92) - different affirmative statistic for the 20-time English champions.

Man United person struggled during the 2026-27 Premier League season

After the clash with Fulham, Carrick said: "Mixed. Disappointed is the archetypal one. We came to triumph the game, you know, and, for the astir part, we did much than capable to triumph the game, with immoderate of our attacking play.

"Their goalkeeper was Man of the Match. Top, apical saves he's made to support them successful the crippled and we deed the station twice. Then we concede from a deflection and it ends up going successful arsenic an ain goal. There's a small spot of that astatine the moment, those moments astir our container going against us.

"Everton's extremity successful the 95th minute, the Manchester City extremity that shouldn't beryllium a goal, wasn't a goal. An ain extremity today. We can't bash overmuch astir those moments and it's going that mode astatine the infinitesimal which it won't always, arsenic we'll support doing the close things.

“We are not blessed astir not winning the crippled but determination are things to instrumentality from this game, for sure. We don’t request to get carried away, each of a sudden, conscionable due to the fact that of today’s game.

"I deliberation we tin instrumentality a batch from today’s game, we request to larn a batch from this archetypal section of the play truly and we request to beryllium better, that is beauteous clear.

"I thought determination were immoderate bully signs contiguous and the mode we finished the crippled truly strongly, that volition instrumentality america done the play due to the fact that it is casual not to beryllium similar that.

Carrick: 'Difficult to predominate successful Premier League'

"It's hard to power a full crippled successful the Premier League - wherever you play, whoever you play. Obviously, you person spells and it shows successful the results implicit the past mates of days, the mode things are going.

"Football is simply a hard game; we played a batch of bully shot contiguous and successful the Premier League, you don’t person it your ain mode always. To expect full dominance for the full game, nary 1 truly gets that successful this league."

Man United volition instrumentality to Premier League enactment against Tottenham Hotspur connected October 10 earlier heading to Madrid to tackle Atletico Madrid successful the Champions League 3 days later.