Manchester United manager Michael Carrick did his best to remain calm in the face of what Gary Neville described as “the ultimate criticism”—his team simply did not work hard enough against Fulham.
The highs of the first six months of the Carrick era have been forgotten after an ugly start to the current campaign. Only a heavily deflected 89th-minute strike from Matheus Cunha salvaged a 1–1 draw against a Fulham side still searching for their first win of the campaign, with United sitting on just one victory from their first five Premier League games.
