# Carrick’s Fury After Champions League Humiliation Against Como

Reds, we need to talk about last night because that was absolutely dire. Our Head Coach Michael Carrick didn’t mince his words after watching United get torn apart 4-1 by Como in the Champions League, and frankly, he’s spot on to be fuming.

“Bitterly disappointed” and “unacceptable” were the words coming from the gaffer, and honestly, those are the printable ones most of us were shouting at our screens. A 4-1 hammering in Europe’s elite competition? Against Como? This isn’t what we signed up for when we backed Carrick to lead this club forward from May.

The performance was shambolic from start to finish. We’ve got the quality in that squad: Bruno Fernandes pulling the strings, the firepower of Benjamin Šeško and Matheus Cunha up top, and the defensive solidity that Matthijs de Ligt and Lisandro Martínez should be providing. On paper, we should be steamrolling teams like this, not capitulating like a house of cards.

Yes, it’s early in the season. Yes, Carrick is still finding his feet with some of the newer additions like Carlos Baleba and Youri Tielemans bedding into the side. But that’s no excuse for what we witnessed. The intensity wasn’t there, the desire looked questionable, and defensively we were all over the place.

Credit to Carrick for not hiding from it. He’s called it exactly what it was: unacceptable. Now he needs to make sure this squad responds. We’ve got the talent, we’ve got the backing from INEOS and Omar Berrada’s new structure, but talent means nothing without fight and application.

The Champions League league phase is unforgiving. Drop points like this and we’ll be watching knockout football from our sofas come February. Time for this team to show some character and prove that last night was an aberration, not a trend.

Come on, United. Show us what you’re made of.

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