Michael Carrick has insisted he will remain Manchester United head coach despite the club's 2-0 defeat at Chelsea on Sunday, a result that extended the Red Devils' winless run to nine games in all competitions.
United's last victory came at the end of August against Ipswich Town. The poor run has put Carrick's future under serious scrutiny, with the former midfielder expected to be dismissed following heavy 4-1 and 3-0 losses to Como and Bournemouth respectively last week.
Carrick backed despite defeat
Carrick was spared the sack earlier this week and was given the chance to salvage the season with the trip to Stamford Bridge. However, the 10-man visitors failed to claim a single point, with Lisandro Martinez sent off and Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer scoring for Chelsea.
The head coach was applauded off by the travelling supporters, who sang his name in west London before directing their anger at the club's hierarchy and the underperforming players.
In his post-match interview with TNT Sports, Carrick insisted he would remain in charge for United's Champions League encounter with Roma on Tuesday. When asked if he thought he would still be in-post, he replied: "Yeah."
Martinez defended after red card
The ex-England international refused to blame Martinez for the defeat, despite the Argentine's decision to block off Wesley Fofana and concede a penalty from a corner kick, which Palmer converted. The incident earned the centre-back a second yellow card and will see him suspended for the home game against Aston Villa next weekend.
Carrick responded "No" when asked if he had been "let down" by Martinez, who had previously criticised the club's director of football Jason Wilcox after the Champions League defeat.
Addressing the angry fans, the head coach said: "There is a lot of emotion, we're a great football club, and we want to win football matches. The supporters come, make a lot of effort, pay a lot of money to watch us play. You can see from today the boys had the game in the right place and things have gone against us."
"Things have gone against us, and gone against us in a big way. Unravelled quickly. A lot of emotion right now. We have got to move forward and take the things that worked for us today. A lot of the good things, especially in the first half and use that moving forward."
