{"id":662881,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/662881\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:16","slug":"michael-carrick-insists-he-will-still-be-in-charge-of-manchester-united-against-roma-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/662881\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Carrick insists he will still be in charge of Manchester United against Roma | Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Carrick insisted he would still be in charge when Manchester United face Roma in the Champions League on Tuesday, despite the 2-0 defeat at Chelsea on Saturday. United\u2019s problems mounted as their winless run reached nine games<\/a>. Carrick is clinging on to his job after overseeing the club\u2019s first such run since 1988 and tried to focus on the next game as he analysed his side\u2019s defending when Morgan Rogers opened the scoring for Chelsea.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s never a good goal to concede,\u201d he said. \u201cMorgan went through the middle of us and at that point the game was right in the balance. To concede like that was a big moment. I\u2019m just looking forward to getting the boys ready for midweek now.\u201d<\/p>\n

United played well during the first half, but missed a series of clear opportunities. They folded after going behind and their fate was sealed when Lisandro Mart\u00ednez was sent off for a foul that led to Cole Palmer making it 2-0 from the spot. Carrick, though, steered clear of criticising one of his most experienced players for leaving United in the lurch.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a major part of the game,\u201d he said. \u201cThe second goal and losing the man at that stage had a big influence on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

United were just above the bottom three before the afternoon games, but Carrick said there would be no stigma attached to one of the biggest clubs in the country falling into the relegation zone should results elsewhere have that effect. \u201cThere\u2019s no words I\u2019m going to explain to you now that makes it any different,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not going to change it. We\u2019ve got to move forward and win matches, it\u2019s as simple as that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wesley Fofana is left on the ground after Lisandro Mart\u00ednez\u2019s foul. Photograph: Charlotte Wilson\/Offside\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Carrick was asked if his players were ready for a relegation battle. \u201cYou can look at it like that, and you can look at how far you can move up the league quite quickly if you win football matches,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s the way it\u2019s got to be approached.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chelsea moved into fourth place overnight, responding well to losing to Tottenham<\/a> in the league and Liverpool on penalties<\/a> in the Carabao Cup. \u201cThe first half was intense,\u201d Xabi Alonso said. \u201cUnited had their chances, we were close as well, so at half-time we have spoken and the reaction from the second half was better.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe started quite well, we got the lead, we looked in better control and after 2-0 and the red card the context of the game changed. But it has not been easy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alonso praised Est\u00eav\u00e3o Willian after the Brazil winger sparkled on his first start in the league this season. \u201cWe spoke after Tottenham and he knew that he was going to be playing today,\u201d the Chelsea<\/a> manager said. \u201cHe has had the best response to show he deserves more, that he was prepared and that\u2019s what you want, so I\u2019m very happy for him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Carrick insisted he would still be in charge when Manchester United face Roma in the Champions League…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-662881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}