{"id":48740,"date":"2026-10-22T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=48740"},"modified":"2026-10-22T10:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:00:03","slug":"carrick-apologises-after-manchester-uniteds-4-1-defeat-to-como","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/carrick-apologises-after-manchester-uniteds-4-1-defeat-to-como\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrick apologises after Manchester United&#8217;s 4-1 defeat to Como"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Manchester United coach, Michael Carrick\u00a0has\u00a0apologised\u00a0to the club&#8217;s supporters after a dismal showing against Como in the Union of European Football Associations\u00a0Champions League Wednesday night.<\/div>\n<div>\nComo, who are making their debut in the prestigious tournament, thrashed United 4-1 in northern Italy.<\/div>\n<div>\nMeanwhile, Arsenal and\u00a0Bayern\u00a0Munich played to a two-all draw in London.<\/p>\n<p>Nico Paz scored the first of his two goals for Como just two minutes into the clash.<\/p>\n<p>For United, it was the start of their Italian nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>After 90 minutes of play, Como enjoyed a 4-0 lead, although United scored twice in additional time, the damage was already done.<\/p>\n<p>It is seen as one of their worst European performances ever.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Carrick says: &#8220;First of all, I want to, I have to\u00a0apologise\u00a0to the supporters. I went over to the end, and I care about this football club as much as anyone, if not more, you know, the position that I&#8217;m in, and what I value this football club, and for us to play in that way, it&#8217;s not acceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Como coach,\u00a0Cesc\u00a0Fabregas\u00a0praised his charges for their performance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of my players it&#8217;s their first, second, or third game in Europe. So, I value this a lot, and for me, the most important thing is how they approach the game without fear. I need my teams to be like this, because I demand certain things that demands big responsibility, and when you don&#8217;t play with a free head, when you don&#8217;t play with conviction, and when you don&#8217;t have clear ideas, it&#8217;s very difficult.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":48741,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-48740","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Manchester United coach, Michael Carrick\u00a0has\u00a0apologised\u00a0","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48743,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48740\/revisions\/48743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=48740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}