The Champions calms the waters at Old Trafford

It’s just a victory, so let’s not get carried away with euphoria, but it was an important victory.” This is how the Manchester United coach assessed: Michael Carrickthe victory with a comeback included against Roma (3-2) last Tuesday in the Champions League, thanks to two goals from Matheus Cunha in the final minutes, which allowed the Red Devils to break a streak of nine games without winning in all competitions.

A victory that represented a small brake on the ‘red devils’ crisis and that allows the English coach, whose future has been on the line for weeks, to breathe a little and buy time. Although not much, since, seventeenth in the Premier with 7 points in nine games and out of the relegation places thanks to the ‘general goal-average’, United will have to endorse this momentary improvement on Sunday at home against Aston Villa.

In any case, the waters are a little less turbulent today at Old Trafford, as was also reflected in the words of another of the protagonists of the comeback against Roma, the captain Bruno Fernandeswho had questioned Carrick’s approach after losing at Como (4-1) two weeks ago and did not play in the next game. “There has been a lot of speculation in the media. Many lies about many things that have happened between Carrick and me. We clarified things and then he decided to bench me because I’m not performing. Everyone thought it was punishment for my words. If it was, it was good,” said the Portuguese, thus settling the controversy with the coach, in addition to remembering that “we don’t have to save anyone’s job.”