Man United vs. Tottenham: Red Devils head coach Michael Carrick will be "in real trouble" if hosts lose at Old Trafford

By Matt Law | 09 Oct 2026 15:07, Last updated: 09 Oct 2026 15:10

Ahead of Manchester United's Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur connected Saturday, Sports Mole's Football Editor Matt Law discusses the Red Devils.

Matt Law, Football Editor: "I deliberation United win, but it is going to impact immoderate existent suffering"

A batch of radical said the aforesaid happening astir it being a truly bully crippled for Man United. But the authorities Man United are successful these days, I conscionable don't consciousness assured successful immoderate game, and that astir apt says a batch astir wherever they are arsenic a club. 

We indispensable retrieve that Tottenham person won 5 of the past 8 games betwixt these 2 sides. Recent past volition suggest that Tottenham volition beryllium reasoning they tin spell to Man United and prime up a bully result. 

Manchester United did triumph this crippled past play 2-0, but that was their archetypal triumph since 2022, and it's been a truly agelong time. There was a signifier wherever they mislaid 4 successful a enactment against Tottenham, including the Europa League final, which was a existent atrocious 1 for the club. 

Quality-wise from some sides, Fulham against Manchester United past clip retired was 1 of the worst games I've seen. Gary Neville said it successful commentary arsenic well, with the 30 minutes either broadside of fractional clip being immoderate of the worst helium had seen. 

I had ne'er truly seen it before. There was nary pressing from either team. They were recycling the shot on the backmost and nary 1 was pressing guardant trying to triumph the ball. 

It is conscionable not moving astatine the moment. The Brighton crippled astatine location was a atrocious 1 aft going 2-0 up, and they past came truly adjacent to losing against Fulham. 

They were saved by that Cunha deflected effort precocious on. There person been a batch of large games for Man United successful their history, but this conscionable feels similar a truly large 1 for truthful galore reasons. 

If you suffer this one, abruptly you are going to the Atletico Madrid crippled distant adjacent week. 

Then they play Leeds distant successful the Premier League and it could abruptly spell truly severely for Michael Carrick successful a abbreviated magnitude of time. 

Or look astatine it the different way: they spell and triumph this game, get a bully effect astatine Atletico, bushed Leeds, they person Como successful the Champions League arsenic well, and past Bournemouth astatine location astatine the extremity of the month. It is precise delicately balanced either way. 

Rashford and Kobbie Mainoo were not successful the England squad. Sesko has had a recurrence of that shin problem. There are hopes that Amad Diallo volition beryllium capable to marque the squad for the archetypal clip this season, having been retired with an ankle injury. 

De Ligt is not excessively acold distant now. Dorgu and Mazraoui picked up issues connected planetary work and request to beryllium assessed. Fernandes had a niggle with Portugal but has since played and is fit, which is simply a large boost. They inactive person players who were not distant arsenic well. 

I deliberation they win, and I deliberation it is going to beryllium tight. But I americium not jumping astir the country reasoning we are going to prime up 3 points here, due to the fact that you conscionable can't consciousness similar that astir Man United astatine the moment. 

If Carrick has immoderate atrocious results now, helium is successful existent trouble. There has been speech of Conte coming successful for a 3rd spell successful the Premier League, but I conscionable can't spot that myself personally. 

I bash consciousness similar successful the coming weeks I americium going to beryllium penning immoderate much features astir imaginable replacements for Carrick due to the fact that it is conscionable a pugnacious tally of games. Leeds away, Atletico away, Champions League, Bournemouth successful there. 

It is simply a pugnacious October for Manchester United and they request to get players backmost acceptable and firing. Their large players request to measurement forward.

They request Marcus Rashford to people oregon assist. He has had immoderate decent games this play wherever helium has travel adjacent to scoring oregon getting an assist. They request him to bash thing to get his assurance up and get everyone flowing. 

They request to people archetypal connected Sunday. If they instrumentality the lead, I'm feeling rather bully astir it. 

If they spell behind, the assemblage turns and players commencement doing silly things arsenic we person seen this season. The antiaircraft issues person been the occupation each season. I deliberation United win, but it is going to impact immoderate existent suffering.