According to 'Varzesh3', the issue of physical fitness has been a recurring challenge since David Moyes's time. Carrick was present in the dressing room as a player in July 2013 and opposed Moyes's programmes; the players believed their ability to finish matches strongly was due to the reduced workload in the first hour of the match.

However, numerous managers after Sir Alex Ferguson have always demanded more running; from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Jose Mourinho to Ruben Amorim, Ralf Rangnick and Erik ten Hag, who after the defeat against Brentford confronted the players with a penalty of running 13 kilometres. 

This season, Manchester United players have run a total of 783 kilometres in seven Premier League matches. Only Liverpool has run a shorter distance, but Andoni Iraola's charges are in fifth place and Manchester United is fifteenth. The charges of 45-year-old Carrick have run less than their opponents in all of this season's matches; except the match against Manchester City, in which the opponent was reduced to 10 men from the 23rd minute after its player's dismissal.

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Carrick, whose team hosts Bournemouth, is on the verge of dismissal, and Fabian Hurzeler has been mooted as his replacement. Carrick said: 'One must be careful in using the phrase not running. This pressing debate is only a small part of football. There are different definitions of pressing. You do not necessarily need to press to win football matches, and running statistics do not determine the winner.'

Despite the nightmarish start and 7 matches without a win, completed by the Champions League defeat against Como, Carrick stressed: 'I have one hundred percent trust in my players. On Sunday we will be a different team.' 

Meanwhile, Bruno Fernandes questioned Carrick's tactics after the match against Como, and he may be benched. Carrick added in the end: 'I understand my own position, and I know history does not give you the right to win permanently; rather, our responsibility is to carry this path forward.'

Source: Varzesh3