Carrick must share burden of Man Utd's underperformance with his players

Tottenham snatched a 1-1 draw with 10 men at Manchester United on Saturday, calling Michael Carricks decision-making further into question; the Man Utd boss has failed to offer many answers to his sides underperformance so far this season; a defining period comes next

"We couldn't find a way to get ourselves into the game. With the ball, without the ball, we were off it." A fair assessment from Michael Carrick, if not a wholly explanatory one.

Stuck in the mire of Manchester United's worst start to a league season for 40 years, the manager appeared lost for legitimate reasons. His margin for error is shrinking by the week.

Why were his side outplayed at home by the Premier League's bottom club? Why can't they hold onto leads? Why do they seem incapable of playing against 10 men?

All of these are fair questions to put to the man himself and many were asked of Carrick in the wake of Saturday's 1-1 draw with Spurs. None were answered with enough detail to satisfy, though, only really serving to hold a mirror up to what was delivered on the pitch: inadequacy.

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Source: Sky Sports