Michael Carrick has an insane run of games since he took over Man United before the city derby against City in mid-January: Win, win, win, win, draw, win, win, lose, win, draw, lose, win, win – and on Sunday against arch-rival Liverpool, another win. Ruben Amorim was an excellent coach, but when we have followed the Man Utd players with Carrick on the sidelines, we understand that the genius Sporting coach lacked the most important things. What Carrick is now praised for.
Amorim never managed to get the whole squad to go out united in the football war and “sacrifice everything” for coach and club. On Sunday, Manchester United were almost felled by two big blunders in the second half to make it 2-2, but we saw an extreme “fight till the whistle” mentality in Carrick’s men that gave the match-winning score. There were few games with Ruben Amorim at the helm that gave us the same feeling.
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Match-winner Kobbie Mainoo explains what makes Carrick the great United manager.
“It (the coach) is definitely a huge factor. The trust, not only in me, but in all the players. You want to follow him and fight for him. That’s what we showed today. It is remarkable that we have managed to turn it around. The fact that we have turned it around like this is a tribute to the players and the coach. We are just looking forward and we still have to finish the season strong. We just want to keep winning and winning,” Mainoo told Sky Sports.
You want to follow him and fight for him. Ruben Amorim was never able to get a united team to do this.
Michael Carrick has lit a flame in every Manchester United player on the pitch, a flame opponents like Liverpool simply can’t extinguish.
