After Sunday’s 0-3 defeat, Manchester United coach Michael Carrick was asked whether he expected to be fired.
"I understand the situation completely. I don't expect anything, honestly. I'm just going about my business as usual. I love this place," he said at a press conference, according to the AFP news agency.
“Love the responsibility”
Before that, he had been interviewed by Sky Sports:
I will always do what is best for this football club. I have said it all the time, and I will not change that now. I love what I do. I love the responsibility, but we will simply have to wait and see.
The club's former great player took over as coach in January after Portuguese Rúben Amorim was fired after 14 months at the helm.
Under Carrick, Manchester United took off in the spring. The team finished third in the Premier League and qualified for the Champions League.
"He came in and turned it around for us last season. We played fantastic football and won a lot of games, but this season we haven't performed well enough as individuals," centre-back Harry Maguire told Sky Sports.
Manchester United have won just two of their 12 games this season in the Premier League, League Cup and Champions League, and are 16th in the league with just seven points - just above the relegation zone.
Fernandes benched
Earlier this week, the English team was humiliated away to Como in the Champions League. The Italian club won 4-1 after a late consolation goal from the visitors.
Afterwards, team captain Bruno Fernandes was openly critical of Carrick's tactical choices, and when Bournemouth visited on Sunday, the Portuguese midfielder sat on the bench for the entire match.
Carrick said it was a sporting decision before the match. After the 0-3 loss, he did not want to elaborate on why Fernandes had been benched.
All the goals conceded were more or less gifts from Manchester United.
Brazilian duo Rayan and Evanilson each scored for Bournemouth, with Marcus Tavernier scoring the visitors' third goal.
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