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Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick says he still has faith in the video assistant referee – but added that the apology for the error that led to their defeat in the Manchester derby does not mean much.
Referee’s body Pro Ref issued a formal apology to United within three hours of the end of Manchester City‘s 1-0 victory at Old Trafford.
Neither VAR Matt Donohue nor his assistant
Manchester United boss Michael Carrick says it would be “ridiculous” to start thinking how long he has left in the job after “two or three” bad results.
His side visit Fulham on Sunday after an awful week.
After United lost at home to a Manchester City side reduced to 10 men after 23 minutes, Brighton became the first side to come from two goals down to win at Old Trafford
Tottenham v Aston Villa (Sat, 12:30 BST)
In the wake of their Carabao Cup exit to Liverpool, Tottenham boss Roberto de Zerbi
said his side have to find “La Scintilla” (the spark) to kick start their season and finally
score some goals.
This is the first time in the club’s 144-year history that they have failed to score in
His greatest sadness was for Lacey, who should have had his name in lights but instead was part of a team scuttling off the pitch to the sound of boos and harsher criticism.
“It’s a shame that Shea’s moment, such a great moment for him, for his family, his friends and the whole academy; to have an academy player come in and have a moment like that, gets a bit
Maresca sees freedom differently.
“If the freedom for you is that you can move everywhere, that is not freedom, that is chaos,” he told Sky Sports last September.
“[Our] freedom? You can do what you want in the position you receive the ball.”
Manchester City‘s starting XI occupy specific zones on the pitch in their 3-2-5 or 3-1-3-3 shape on the ball.
This makes their approach more predictable for
Questions have been raised about United’s lack of recruitment during the latter days of the transfer window, with no striker signed to support Sesko.
It was interesting to note Joshua Zirkzee remained on the bench for a game he could have played in for Everton had United not ruled out the prospect of the Dutch forward joining on loan because they were unable to secure a replacement.
United also opted
Has United’s debt has restricted the club’s spending power?
Questions about that issue were raised at the Fans Forum at the end of June and respected finance blogger Swiss Ramble estimated in September 2025 that United had paid £852m in interest alone since the Glazer family’s takeover in 2005.
The club’s latest quarterly figures showed total borrowings of £1.29bn, including outstanding transfer fees.
United also took on an additional £91.92m
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Mark Drury, BBC Radio Tees Middlesbrough commentator
Middlesbrough’s decision to sack Carrick may surprise some outside Teesside but one thing it can’t be described as is a knee-jerk reaction.
A month has passed since Boro’s 2-0 defeat at Coventry on the final day of the Championship season.
That loss was their 18th of a desperately disappointing season and was followed by the head coach insisting “I’m carrying on” in his
Boro’s return of 64 points and a finish of 10th is the lowest under Carrick having been fourth and eighth respectively, with 75 and 69 points respectively.
After a strong November, Middlesbrough were sitting fifth with a play-off finish the least fans were expecting from a team that was scoring lots of goals.
But last season’s top scorer Emmanuel Latte Lath was sold to MLS side Atlanta United in January,
