Манчестер Юнайтед Астон Виллатай хийсэн тоглолтод хоёр удаа хоёр гоолын зөрүүтэй хожигдож явсан ч тоглолтын төгсгөлд 4-4-ийн харьцаатай тэнцээг авч чадлаа.
Манчестер Юнайтед өөрийн талбайдаа Астон Виллатай хийсэн тоглолтын эхний таван минутад хоёр гоол алдаж, улмаар тоглолтын нэмэлт цагт 4-2-ын харьцаатай хожигдож явсан ч гайхалтай эргэн ирэлт хийж 4-4-өөр тэнцсэн юм. Хэдийгээр багийнхан тэмцэх хүсэл эрмэлзэлтэй байгаа ч хамгаалалтын алдаатай тоглолт нь тэднийг Премьер лигийн хүснэгтийн 18-р байр буюу доод гуравт бичигдэхэд хүргэжээ.
Тоглолтын дараах ярилцлагын үеэр Майкл Каррик ирээдүйнхээ талаарх асуултад эвгүй байдалд орсон байна. Сэтгүүлч олон улсын тоглолтын завсарлагааны үеэр түүний ажлын байрны талаар яриа өрнөх нь тодорхой гэж үзэхэд Каррик өөдөөс нь “Тийм гэж үү?” хэмээн эргэлзэнгүй хариулжээ. Улмаар тэрээр багийн нөхцөл байдал хүнд байгааг хүлээн зөвшөөрч, цаашид алдаагаа засаж ажиллах шаардлагатай байгаагаа илэрхийлсэн байна.
Шинжээч Рой Кин тоглолтын дараах ярилцлагыг дүгнэхдээ Майкл Каррикийг улс төрчтэй зүйрлэн, их зүйл ярьдаг ч тодорхой хариулт өгдөггүй хэмээн шүүмжилжээ. Тэрээр Манчестер Юнайтедын хамгаалалтыг “аймшигтай” гэж тодорхойлсон ч багийнхан бууж өгөлгүй тэмцсэнийг нь онцолсон байна. Хэдийгээр Аваргуудын лигт Ромаг хожсон нь түүний ажлыг түр зуур аварсан мэт боловч багийн амжилт хүснэгтийн дунд хэсэг рүү дөхөхөд хангалтгүй хэвээр байна.
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Michael Carrick endured an awkward end to a post-match interview as he had an excruciating exchange about his future as Manchester United manager.
Carrick had just watched his United side fight back from 4-2 down in injury time to snatch the unlikeliest of 4-4 draws with Aston Villa, having earlier come back from being 2-0 behind inside five minutes.
It was a real mixed display from the Red Devils, who showed plenty of heart and character but had put themselves in bad positions due to consistently disastrous defending.
The result – combined with their incredible comeback victory against Roma in midweek – has probably saved Carrick’s job, although his United side still head into this international break in the Premier League’s bottom three, lying 18th in the table.
His long-term future appears to very much still be up in the air and his post-match interview on Sky Sports with reporter Patrick Davison was an awkward watch.
Carrick firstly bristled slightly when asked if United are looking at a relegation fight, saying: “No, we’re in November. I don’t like this situation we’re in, I don’t like the results we’ve had but we can definitely do something about it.”
From there, things got worse, as Davison asked a lengthy question suggesting there were clearly going to be conversations about his future during the international break over the next couple of weeks, to which Carrick simply responded: “Is there?”
When it was suggested that one would assume so, Carrick tersely said: “Would you?” and when he was pushed for what he thought about his situation, the Man United boss said to Davison: “You’re telling me, what do you think”.
After that, the interviewer specified that he wanted to know what Carrick expected to happen in the next couple of weeks and he then gave a longer answer admitting that it wasn’t a good situation, the team haven’t won enough games but that he expects to move forward and keep working on the things they’ve been working on until this point.
Back in the Sky Sports studio, pundit Roy Keane was asked for his thoughts on the interview as a whole and the former Man United midfielder compared the current boss to a politician.
He said: “It’s obviously difficult for the manager, he’s under pressure no doubt. He talks a lot but doesn’t say much – maybe that’s a tactic. He’s like a politician.
“He’s clearly under pressure and says he knows there are things to work on but he better get moving on that… This is their worst start in however many years.”
Keane was also critical of United’s “dreadful” defending, although he praised the heart they showed to twice come back from two goals behind.
He added: “I think we’ve said previously there have been question marks over this team but they’re showing a bit of fight, a bit of desire and, as bad as the game was from a footballing point of view, they kept going to the end.
“So, on the one hand, you say dreadful to give up four goals at home, but they kept going, so we have to give them a little bit of praise.
“In terms of the bigger picture, it’s that rollercoaster of watching United. Some bits were so, so bad. Defensively the way it started, the start of the second half, but they found a way to get a point in a game where they looked dead and buried.
“Still nowhere near good enough to try and get towards the middle of the table.”
