“The fans can criticise”, he said.
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“We saw that Midtjylland pressed high, as a team they worked very hard and I think we just didn’t match that”.
The evening started ominously for United when goalkeeper David de Gea injured himself in the warm-up, a knee problem forcing the Spaniard to be replaced between the sticks by Sergio Romero and increasing the Red Devils injury list to 14.
Manchester United will attempt to revive their season with an FA Cup fifth round clash against Shrewsbury on Monday.
A number of fans, already disillusioned with United’s slow style of play before results took a downtown with four successive defeats in December, have been calling for his departure for some time.
When you have a list of (12) injured players, and a few minutes before the game we can add another player to it, then it is hard to cope.
“The second half wasn’t good enough”, said Carrick. He said: “We were 1-0 up and in control really and cruising through the game but a misplaced pass from me and all of a sudden they are level and it gives them something in the game”.
United took the lead through Memphis Depay, but lost 2-1 in the Europa League in Denmark after goals from Pione Sisto and Paul Onuachu and Carrick labelled the display “not acceptable”. “The first goal is deflected, it is unbelievable”.
Meanwhile, Michael Carrick has apologised to around 800 supporters who paid £71 apiece for a ticket to watch the match against Midtjylland and admitted the performance had not been good enough. Because also we had a lot of unnecessary losses of the ball. And [the Midtjylland match] has shown that if you are not anywhere near your best then you can slip up, so we need to be ready for that. After lunch we’ll go to San Siro, bringing the Interista spirit with us, hoping to see Inter win. The only positive is that we have an away goal and the second leg next week.
And after this latest victory against English opposition, boss Jess Thorup said: “We are very excited about the second leg. It is one of the biggest games for this club and the players”.
“I think everyone is looking at the current United and comparing them to the great teams of 10-20 years ago”. There had been an agreement between the clubs to keep the possibility of a recall private.
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De Gea, who has become United’s 13th casualty through injury or illness, was set to have a scan in Manchester yesterday.
