Boos, anguish & fading belief -'worrying day' for under-pressure Carrick

It couldn't happen again could it? Another failure to beat 10 men increases pressure on Man Utd boss Michael Carrick after a 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur. Solanke scores in added time as 10-man Spurs draw with Man Utd For the second time in successive home Premier League games, Manchester United failed to beat opponents reduced to 10 men. For the third time in as many seasons, a United manager finds himself under severe pressure before the clocks have gone back. Four weeks ago, Manchester City needed an incorrect video assistant referee (VAR) decision to take advantage of an ineffective United performance after Phil Foden had been shown a red card in the 23rd minute for kicking out at Bruno Fernandes.

On Saturday, the damage was self-inflicted as a Spurs side, who had given every indication of being unable to score before Rodrigo Bentancur's headfirst charge at Luke Shaw just five minutes after Bryan Mbeumo's opener, came up with an injury-time equaliser. Centre-back Lisandro Martinez was outmuscled embarrassingly easily by Dominic Solanke, with goalkeeper Senne Lammens failing to read the striker's deft touch that crept in at the far corner. "A worrying day for Michael Carrick," observed former United skipper Gary Neville on Sky Sports. Late Solanke strike salvages 10-man Spurs draw at Man Utd Tottenham grab a draw but