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# Cunha’s Late Strike Saves Carrick’s Blushes at Craven Cottage
Right, let’s be honest here, Reds. Three straight defeats would have been absolutely catastrophic. After losing the derby to City at home and then crashing out of the Carabao Cup against Brighton in the same week, the pressure was mounting on Michael Carrick in a way we haven’t seen since he got the permanent job in May.
Thank the football gods for Matheus Cunha. Our Brazilian came up clutch when we needed him most, striking late at Craven Cottage to salvage a point against Fulham and prevent what would have been a disastrous run of form. This wasn’t the swaggering United side that beat City, Arsenal and Liverpool last season. This was survival mode, pure and simple.
The concern is real, lads. We started the season with a loss at Hull, and now we’ve dropped points we simply can’t afford to drop if we want to challenge for the title. Carrick deserves immense credit for dragging us to third place and Champions League qualification after the Amorim disaster in January, but the honeymoon period is well and truly over. The gaffer himself admitted he knew difficult times would come after everything went so smoothly in the spring.
Here’s the thing though: we’ve got quality in this squad. Bruno Fernandes pulling the strings, the solidity of De Ligt and Martinez at the back, and forwards like Cunha, Mbeumo and Šeško who can change games. But quality alone won’t cut it. We need consistency, intensity, and that winning mentality that made us great.
With the Champions League league phase kicking off this month against the likes of Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid, Carrick needs to find answers quickly. One point at Fulham might have stopped the bleeding, but it’s hardly a reason to celebrate. Time to regroup, refocus, and remind everyone why we’re Manchester United.
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