Michael Carrick appears to be on the brink of being sacked by Manchester United in the wake of their heavy Champions League defeat at the hands of Como. The Red Devils were thrashed 4-1 by their Italian counterparts on Wednesday night, putting even more pressure on an already under-fire Carrick. He has only secured one victory in all competitions since taking charge of United on a permanent basis over the summer, and his tactics were called into question by Bruno Fernandes after the final whistle against Como.

Fernandes claimed that he and his team-mates had been instructed not to play man-for-man, something that was addressed by Carrick in his post-match press conference.

In a defiant response, he said: "We actually half pressed man to man in the second half and then conceded a goal from that.

"It's a little bit on whatever system you play, whatever tactics you play, but if you don’t run, you don’t run forward, you don’t run back, you aren’t going to win."

It leaves Carrick under enormous pressure to save his job, but it remains to be seen if the damage has already been done with INEOS having reportedly up a shortlist of potential replacements.

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