Man United head coach Michael Carrick dissects devastating Como defeat as 45-year-old faces the sack

By Matt Law | 21 Oct 2026 20:54, Last updated: 21 Oct 2026 20:57

Manchester United caput manager Michael Carrick has apologised to the club's supporters pursuing Wednesday's shocking decision to Como successful the Champions League.

The 20-time English champions were down aft 2 minutes of the league signifier fixture and yet suffered a 4-1 nonaccomplishment to the Serie A outfit.

Man United are present without a triumph successful their past 7 matches successful each competitions and person lone won 2 of their opening 10 games of the season.

Carrick said that "everybody has got to instrumentality responsibility" for what occurred successful Italy, and the Englishman besides apologised to the club's supporters.

Carrick brands Man United show astatine Como "more than disappointing"

"It was much than disappointing. I deliberation everybody has got to instrumentality work for that. I 100% instrumentality work for the wide squad and the show - that's wherever it stops," Carrick told TNT Sports aft the match.

"It stops with maine and I'm perfectly good with that. I judge that totally. But arsenic a protagonist of this shot nine for truthful long, to spot a show similar that is unacceptable, I person to say.

"I attraction an unbelievable magnitude astir the supporters. They are the heartbeat of this shot nine and they ever volition be. For them to travel, I had to apologise for the performance.

"To person to ticker a show similar that, I wholly consciousness for them. There are nary excuses astatine all. It is not acceptable."

When asked whether helium inactive has the enactment of the board, Carrick said: "It's not astir me. It's astir digesting the crippled and however it went. That is the astir important happening close now."

Will Carrick beryllium sacked by Man United?

Carrick's presumption has not been helped by comments from Man United skipper Bruno Fernandes pursuing the decision to Como.

"It's a determination from the unit to not property antheral to antheral and sometimes permission abstraction down and effort to get the ball, hold for them, but sometimes erstwhile you springiness abstraction to these teams they get confidence," Fernandes told TNT Sports aft the match.

When asked whether helium was insinuating that Carrick got his tactics wrong, Fernandes said: "That's connected the manager and unit to see, not me. Sometimes you person to beryllium much brave nether pressure, instrumentality the hazard of pressing precocious and making them uncomfortable.

"As you saw with them [Como], the centre-back was coming to people maine successful my ain half. We request to bash that arsenic a squad but we were incapable to.

"A squad that plays done the mediate with tiny connections, if you springiness them excessively overmuch clip and abstraction past they tin wounded you retired wide."

Man United volition invited Bournemouth to Old Trafford successful the Premier League connected Sunday, but it remains to beryllium seen whether Carrick stays successful charge.

Eddie Howe is presently the favourite to go the adjacent Man United caput coach, with the Englishman disposable for an contiguous commencement aft leaving Newcastle United astatine the extremity of July.