How Carrick’s Man Utd reign fell apart from slipping standards to petty backstabbing as proud 148-year record falls
MICHAEL CARRICK was sitting at the front of the aircraft and on his own, scrutinising his tactics on a notepad, during Manchester United’s flight back from Como. Someone on board said the atmosphere was so funereal that “you could hear a pindrop”. The mood on the outbound flight had been buoyant. United players did not...