Manchester United manager Michael Carrick don deny say e go resign after im team escape 4-4 draw with Aston Villa for Old Trafford on Sunday, even as di club drop enter 18th place for Premier League. Di result leave United for relegation zone wit eight points from 10 games, and na dia lowest position for 40 years after playing at least 10 matches. Dem go also spend more time for drop zone than dem don do since 1986.
Di game bin full of chaos. Villa take early lead through Alysson after 59 seconds, before Nicolas Jackson double di lead after four minutes, wit goalkeeper Senne Lammens culpable for both goals. United fight back through Bruno Fernandes penalty and Youri Tielemans to make am 2-2 by half-time.
But mistakes from Diogo Dalot and Leny Yoro allow John McGinn and Leon Goretzka put Villa 4-2 up. Dalot clumsy foul on Alysson give away penalty wey McGinn convert, while Yoro header towards im own goal lead to Villa messy fourth for Goretzka. When Dalot replace for 66th minute by Patrick Dorgu, some United fans jeer am amid second-half protests and songs of defiance.
United no gree lose. For stoppage time, Joshua Zirkzee and Patrick Dorgu score to rescue unlikely point, wit Dorgu equaliser for 96th minute. Di players run away joyously to celebrate, and dem later applaud supporters wey stay despite United trailing 4-2 late on.
Carrick, wey be 45 years old, bin dey spiky when Sky Sports ask am about im future. Dem ask if e go resign, e reply: “I’m not.” When interviewer talk say conversations about im future go happen before next game against Liverpool on 22 November, Carrick answer: “Is there? You’re telling me. I’m quite clear with what direction the club needs to go in, and it’s got to win games. We haven’t won enough games, but I expect to move forward and keep working on the things that we’ve been working on and showing a lot of the good in the game today, tighten up on a few mistakes and win football matches.”
Carrick insist say e still see enough for United play. “Yeah, 100%. I think there’s more than enough,” e talk. “Goals change games and you’ve got to deal with it, and it’s part of something we have to improve on drastically, but there’s more than enough. We’re just making it too difficult for ourselves at the moment in certain times.”
Di draw mean United don go eight Premier League games without win, na club record. Dia only league win dis season na against Ipswich on 30 August. Dem don concede 15 goals in dia past five games, and dem concede inside two minutes in three of dia past seven matches. Di team also bin trail 2-0 inside three minutes and 40 seconds, earliest dem don do so for Premier League game.
Before 2-0 loss at Chelsea on 31 October, where Lisandro Martinez see red card, Carrick bin get backing to turn situation round. Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Glazer family, chief executive Omar Berrada and director of football Jason Wilcox bin dey Old Trafford, and questions about Carrick future no go away. Next up for United na trip to Anfield to play Liverpool on 22 November.
