{"id":49091,"date":"2026-10-26T18:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=49091"},"modified":"2026-10-26T18:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:30:28","slug":"united-leave-carrick-hanging-by-a-thread-after-bournemouth-loss","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/united-leave-carrick-hanging-by-a-thread-after-bournemouth-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"United leave Carrick hanging by a thread after Bournemouth loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Michael Carrick insisted he was \u201ccarrying on as normal\u201d after Manchester United\u2018s 3-0 home defeat by Bournemouth on Sunday, but the manager appeared increasingly vulnerable after a result that left Old Trafford engulfed in anger and resignation.<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Asked if he expected to still be in charge next week, Carrick offered no guarantees.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>\u201cOf course, I take responsibility,\u201d he said. \u201cWhatever\u2019s going to happen, results-wise, whether we win, we lose, draw, whatever happens the responsibility is mine.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Pressed on whether he expected to be sacked in the coming days, Carrick said: \u201cI totally understand the situation. I\u2019m not expecting anything in particular, to be honest. I\u2019m carrying on as normal, and I love this place.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI always do what I feel is going to be the best for the football club, whatever decision is made on anything really.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>While Carrick led a resurgent United to third place last season after replacing Ruben Amorim, they have won only twice in 12 matches this campaign across all competitions and have not won in the topflight since they defeated newly promoted Ipswich Town on August 30.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Sunday\u2019s defeat left them with seven points from eight league matches, and just a point above the drop zone, their worst return at this stage of a season since 1986-87.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Supporters unfurled a giant banner reading \u201cStandards\u201d before halftime featuring club icons Eric Cantona, Roy Keane and Bryan Robson.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The fans largely reserved their sympathy for Carrick, singing \u201cIt\u2019s Carrick you know!\u201d late in the game.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>But once the 45-year-old tapped a hand to his heart and disappeared down the post-game tunnel, those chants gave way to loud boos directed at the players.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The manner of the defeat was almost as damaging as the scoreline. Bournemouth supporters repeatedly taunted Carrick with chants of \u201cYou\u2019re getting sacked in the morning\u201d, while thousands of United fans streamed towards the exits before the final whistle.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Former United winger Ashley Young said the performance suggested the squad was no longer responding to its manager.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe fans are behind him and backing him because he\u2019s a legend of the football club,\u201d Young said on the Sky Sports broadcast.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>\u201cBut the players on the pitch showed nothing. They didn\u2019t run, they didn\u2019t look like a team together. You could tell today that it was like they\u2019d given up.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21315,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-49091","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The fans largely reserved their sympathy for Carrick, singing \u201cIt\u2019s Carrick you know!\u201d late in the game.","published_date":"","news_description":"The fans largely reserved their sympathy for Carrick, singing \u201cIt\u2019s Carrick you know!\u201d late in the game.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49091","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49093,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49091\/revisions\/49093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=49091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}