According to Varzesh3, Old Trafford this afternoon witnessed, without exaggeration, one of the bitterest days in Manchester United's history. Michael Carrick's team was beaten 3-0 at home by Bournemouth, the fans chanted against the current situation, and the English head coach came closer than ever to the exit door.
Ryan broke the deadlock against United in the 38th minute, and Marcus Tavernier doubled the lead just five minutes later. In the second half, Evanilson fired the coup de grâce in the 71st minute and imposed another heavy defeat on United.
But what happened in the Old Trafford stands was perhaps even more worrying than the result.
At one point the fans chanted Carrick's name. At first glance it seemed, surprisingly, that the fans were cheering Carrick — the man whose sacking order is to be issued any day now. But the fans really were cheering him, yet their goal was not really for Carrick to stay. The United fans' message was clear: our problem is not just the man standing on the touchline! The club is sick — very sick.
A few minutes later, the anger of the stands was directed straight at the players. Senne Lammens, Harry Maguire and Lisandro Martínez were the three who heard the most abuse. Lammens's error on the third goal and the performance of Maguire and Martínez in defending that opponent's chance increased the anger of the stands.
One fan wrote in reaction to Lammens's mistake: 'This has gone beyond Carrick. When the players play like garbage, what does it have to do with poor Carrick?'
Another, criticizing Maguire and Martínez, says United's defenders acted disastrously in the third-goal scene and nobody can accept such a disaster from United. Evanilson went past Lammens and Maguire could not even get back in time to defend the goal.
But the chants were not limited to the pitch and the bench. The fans also chanted against the club's new stadium project, and then Jason Wilcox, United's football director, became the target of harsh and insulting chants.
This defeat took United to 16th place in the table — a team that had not won in seven consecutive matches before this game either. Carrick had stressed before the match that he still considered himself the right man to lead United, but now, after a 3-0 defeat at Old Trafford, the pressure has reached its peak.
And perhaps the strangest part of the story is this: the fans still chant Carrick's name, but it is no longer clear whether this chant is support for the head coach or a bitter confession that the problem of Manchester United is much bigger than one person.
Let's see how United's performance has been in recent weeks. Can you believe that a team as big as Manchester United has played eight matches in a row without a single win? It really is strange.
Let us make it even stranger. Their last win was also a 4-0 win over the weak Sabah team in the Champions League, and before that United had a draw against Everton; in one of the best games of its season it beat Ipswich 5-2 at home (perhaps you remember how hopeful the fans became about Carrick after that win), and of course it had started the season with a 2-0 loss to Hull. With Carrick, since the start of the season in all competitions, United has won two matches — one against Ipswich and one against Sabah!
It is said that Nagelsmann, Conte or Eddie Howe will soon sit in Carrick's seat. Most United fans are so fed up with young coaches that they say in one voice: bring Conte. Only he can fix this wrecked dressing room. But Conte has set a condition for the directors and will only come when management puts everything at his disposal — just like the days of Sir Alex Ferguson. Conte has realized that at Old Trafford, even if you are Mourinho, you cannot work properly unless you have received the necessary guarantees before entering.
Source: Varzesh3
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