Michael Carrick's Man Utd Nightmare: How His Dream Role Collapsed in Record Time

It's now confirmed. Just half a year after being permanently installed as Manchester United's manager, Michael Carrick has been sacked.

Despite the 45-year-old orchestrating last season's remarkable turnaround and the club's subsequent return to the Champions League, his downfall felt inevitable from the moment he was handed such an unenviable role.

From the very first game of the campaign, a dreadful 2–0 loss to newly promoted Hull City, the writing was on the wall, though there were plenty more humiliating moments along the way before Carrick's eventual dismissal.

Three-goal thrashings at the hands of Como and Bournemouth, a mortifying derby defeat to ten-man Manchester City, and woeful results against Brighton & Hove Albion, Atlético Madrid, and Chelsea all contributed to his undoing.

So, what exactly went wrong for Carrick?