Afternoon everyone and welcome to the Lindelof-Tielemans derby. It’s the last Premier League game before the international break, and it could be the last game for Michael Carrick as Manchester United’s head coach. The man who lifted his old club to third is now also the man who has led them to third from bottom. The table giveth and the table taketh away. Carrick’s overall record is still better than most of the managers he has faced. In the PL table since he returned in January, United are third. Of the 17 clubs to be there last season and this, only four have won half their games in that time – Arsenal and Man City obviously, plus Man United and Brighton. Carrick’s problem is that United’s form was dismal for seven weeks, from the red card Phil Foden was given in the Manchester derby on 13 September to the one Lisandro Martinez was given at Stamford Bridge last weekend. Since then they have mounted a rousing comeback to beat Roma, handing their supporters a sliver of hope. In the le
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