Despite a staging a stunning comeback from two goals down — not once but twice — in their 4-4 draw with Aston Villa in the English Premier League (EPL) on Sunday, the overriding emotion for Manchester United boss Michael Carrick was that of disappointment.
The English coach, whose team remain mired in the relegation zone (18th) heading into the international break, felt they routinely make it difficult for themselves to win matches.
Michael Carrick. Pic/AFP
“We are kind of beating ourselves a bit, the way we’re giving away goals. Football is hard anyway, but we’re making it a lot more difficult than it should be. I’m disappointed that we still haven’t won [in the last eight EPL games]. We played pretty well and were the better team for the most part, but we just gave them [Aston Villa] the moments to shape the game,” explained Carrick.
United went 0-2 down in the fourth minute as Alysson (1st min) and Nicolas Jackson (3rd min) netted for the visitors in the face of some dubious goalkeeping from Senne Lammens. However, by half-time Bruno Fernandes’s penalty (16th min) and Youri Tielemans’s (44th min) strike had restored parity.
Villa’s John McGinn converted a 48th-minute penalty following Diogo Dalot’s clumsy challenge on Alysson to restore their lead. Leon Goretzka (53rd min) then poked in Villa’s fourth from after United’s Leny Yoro headed against his own crossbar. Zirkzee’s stoppage-time finish gave United hope and Dorgu headed in their dramatic equaliser in the final seconds after a weak punch from ’keeper Zion Suzuki.
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