Michael Carrick suggested he expects to continue on as Man Utd even though the club is sitting in the relegation zone.
The Red Devils are third from bottom in the Premier League table following a dramatic 4-4 draw with Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Sunday.
The hosts scored twice in stoppage time to salvage a point, but leaves them one point from safety and without a top-flight win since the end of August.
With United sitting at their lowest position after ten games of a campaign in 40 years, Carrick’s position as head coach is hanging by a thread as we head into the international break.
Michael Carrick ‘expects’ to remain in charge of Man Utd
When asked by Sky Sports about potentially walking away from the job, Carrick responded: “It’s not going to happen, no.”
He continued: “We understand the situation; we haven’t won enough games. But I expect to move forward and keep working on things we’ve been working on, showing a lot of the good in the game today, tighten up on a few mistakes and win football matches.”
Carrick said in his post-match press conference that he “one hundred per cent” believes Man Utd can turn their fortunes around this season.
“I think there’s more than enough. Goals change games and we’ve got to deal with it and it’s something we have to improve on drastically. But there’s more than enough, we’re just making it too difficult for ourselves at the moment in certain times…
“I’m quite clear with what direction the club needs to go in. We’ve just got to win games.”
“Football is about moments, football is about what happens in both boxes in the end,” Carrick added.
“Take (away) the moments and the totally avoidable goals we’ve given away, I actually thought we played pretty well, we were the better team for the most part and I’m disappointed we haven’t won the game.”
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