Michael Carrick has stated that he will do what is best for Manchester United after a 3-0 demolition by Bournemouth plunged his future as manager into doubt on Sunday.
Without a win in eight matches across all competitions, the 20-time English champions dropped to within one point of the relegation zone following a damaging defeat at Old Trafford.
“It’s a tough situation,” Carrick told Sky Sports. “What is next? I don’t know.
“I’ll always do what’s best for this football club. I’ve said it all along; I don’t change that now. I love what I do. I love the responsibility, but we’ll have to wait and see.”
Despite a poor run of results, the United fans largely supported Carrick as he made his way off the field at full-time before they turned on the club’s players.
“I have mixed emotions to have that connection with the supporters in the moment we’re in. I need time to digest that,” added Carrick.
“I appreciate their support, but the situation is where it’s at. We haven’t been good enough.”
Carrick’s choice to bench captain Bruno Fernandes and not even bring the Portuguese international on as a substitute ended up backfiring.
Fernandes, last season’s Premier League player of the year, had criticized Carrick’s tactics following a 4-1 thrashing by Como on Wednesday.
“There are always times in games when you are trying to change the course of the game and to make a difference,” said Carrick as he questioned Fernandes’s absence. “Those were the decisions we made today.”
