Gary Neville admits he is \u201cabsolutely startled\u201d after Michael Carrick won his opening two games as interim Manchester United manager.<\/p>\n
Carrick has been placed in charge until the end of the season after United<\/a> sacked Ruben Amorim.<\/p>\n Carrick beats Man City and Arsenal in stunning United turnaround<\/p>\n Youth coach and former Red Devils midfielder Darren Fletcher oversaw two matches \u2013 a Premier League draw at Burnley and an FA Cup defeat at home to Brighton \u2013 between Amorim\u2019s dismissal and Carrick\u2019s appointment.<\/p>\n Carrick has done an outstanding job so far, winning both of his first two fixtures against the Premier League\u2019s top two<\/a>, Manchester City and Arsenal.<\/p>\n Sunday\u2019s win at the Gunners was the league leaders\u2019 first home defeat of the season and came courtesy of goals from Bryan Mbeumo, Patrick Dorgu and Matheus Cunha.<\/p>\n Unsurprisingly, there is already a clamour for Carrick to be given the job on a permanent basis and, if United continue their form, it will be very difficult to snub him.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a016 Conclusions from Arsenal 2-3 Man United: DNA, bottle, retro kits, Carrick, Arteta, Mbeumo and more<\/a><\/p>\n Neville \u2018can\u2019t believe\u2019 Manchester United\u2019s performances under Carrick<\/p>\n Neville<\/a> previously claimed that there is no way United should consider giving Carrick the job, even if he wins every single game until the end of 2025\/26<\/a>, and he has not gone back on that opinion after two games.<\/p>\n However, he admits he \u201cgenuinely can\u2019t believe\u201d the club\u2019s recent performances.<\/p>\n Neville said on the Stick to Football podcast<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m absolutely startled at the turnaround.<\/p>\n \u201cWe saw a change of manager with Ruben Amorim to go to Darren Fletcher and there was not much difference in terms of energy and strength. Then all of a sudden, from Michael Carrick in those two or three days.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t believe it. I genuinely can\u2019t believe what I\u2019m seeing.<\/p>\n \u201cMichael Carrick was just about to go into the City game. None of us could have ever imagined that what we\u2019ve seen, we were going to see, surely. No one could have ever imagined that. Nobody would have thought he\u2019d win his first two games.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE ON MAN UTD ON F365 Roy Keane praises new energy and Steve Holland appointment<\/p>\n
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