The back-and-forth volleys of finger-pointing over Manchester United’s tactics between senior players and under-fire manager Michael Carrick after the Como defeat was more reminiscent of an all-time classic on Wimbledon Centre Court than one of English football’s most historic clubs.
And the binary debate produced by those fiery quotes following United’s 4-1 hammering in the Champions League is also a distraction that deviates from where the heftiest portion of the blame ought to be directed.
