Man United head coach Michael Carrick addresses Red Devils future ahead of vital Champions League fixture

By Matt Law | 20 Oct 2026 19:32, Last updated: 20 Oct 2026 19:34

Manchester United caput manager Michael Carrick has said that helium 'feels backed' by the nine during a hard period.

The Red Devils person lone won 2 of their archetypal 9 matches of the 2026-27 campaign, portion 7 points from 7 matches successful the Premier League has near them down successful 13th spot successful the table, 5 points down fifth-placed Liverpool.

Carrick is nether unit to oversee a immense alteration successful presumption of results successful the coming weeks, starting with Wednesday's Champions League clash with Como.

However, the Englishman has insisted that helium 'feels backed' by the board.

"I don't request immoderate reassurance. It's beauteous clear. I cognize the role, I cognize my responsibilities, I don't request anyone to archer maine erstwhile it's going good oregon erstwhile it needs to beryllium better," Carrick told reporters during Tuesday's property conference.

Man United person struggled successful the aboriginal stages of the season

"I cognize the realities and person nary occupation with that. I cognize we got to triumph shot games for everything to travel and acceptable into place. I consciousness backed, yeah, wherefore wouldn't I? I person a truly bully narration with everyone astatine the shot club. There are nary issues connected that side."

When asked astir the changes from past season, which saw Carrick usher the Red Devils to a third-placed decorativeness successful the Premier League, helium said: "It tin beryllium tiny things, you know? It tin beryllium tiny things. The games and the results, I'd accidental astir good lines, but yet that is football.

"So, arsenic adjacent arsenic you tin be, unless you don't get them good lines successful your favour, past you're further away. I deliberation we were bully astatine definite things of flipping them successful our favour past year, and this clip there's been things that's gone against us.

"Some of it we tin bash amended with and we tin help, but I don't deliberation there's a major, large occupation astatine all. I deliberation we cognize what we request to get amended astatine arsenic a radical and we're moving connected that, and afloat judge that we tin enactment that tally unneurotic and we tin get backmost to winning ways, and the group, the team, the squad is decidedly susceptible of that."

Man United person lone kept 1 cleanable expanse this season

Carrick besides opened up connected the team's struggles for cleanable sheets, producing lone 1 shut-out this word - against Sabah successful the Champions League.

"Yeah, you're dormant right, I can't reason with that, you know? As a squad successful wide play, not connected play, I thought the different time we defended beauteous good and didn't springiness overmuch away," said Carrick.

"We cognize they were a bully set-piece squad and successful the extremity that made a quality for them. So, there's decidedly parts of our crippled that we person to amended to marque things easier, afloat alert of that."

Man United person a antiaircraft crisis for Wednesday's crippled against Como, with Patrick Dorgu, Luke Shaw, Lisandro Martinez, Leny Yoro and Ayden Heaven each retired of the contest.