In Bruno Fernandes' defence, I have been in football a long time and what's reported in the media is a fraction of the truth usually.

They have no idea what's going on in the dressing room. They have no idea what's going on in the training ground.

The amount of times I saw something written about the clubs I was playing in that couldn't be further from the truth was absolutely staggering.

As players, we couldn't believe they could get away with writing things that were said.

I understand that there could be frustration if that's the case from Fernandes' side.

He said what he said [after the Como match]. That wasn't behind closed doors.

And the things he's saying now in terms of taking responsibility for his performances that weren't good enough.

That's how the conversations should've gone when it started.

Manchester United have always had a way of communicating with the media, but this isn't the Manchester United of old.

I hope for Manchester United and Michael Carrick they can draw a line under all this public stuff, and they can get back to winning games like they have done against Roma.

You can accept losing if you've given absolutely everything, and they didn't do that in the first half. But they did in the second half. The tone was set with Carlos Baleba. It was so unfortunate he got an injury, but that was the spark.

Youri Tielemans came on and that changed the game a little bit. There was a little bit more control.

When you're playing in these games, and you're two down, you're already done, so you may as well go and give it everything you've got.

That should be the standard and now the great thing about it for Michael Carrick is now he has something to refer to.