Jamie Carragher reveals Manchester United substitution Michael Carrick got WRONG in Man City loss
Jamie Carragher feels Benjamin Sesko should have come on earlier – but not for Youri Tielemans
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Michael Carrick press conference after Manchester United 0-1 Man City
Tashan Deniran-Alleyne
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Michael Carrick made a mistake by substituting Youri Tielemans in the Manchester derby, because of the impact it had on Bruno Fernandes.
That is the view of Jamie Carragher who has analysed Manchester United’s controversial 1-0 loss to Manchester City at the weekend.
While Erling Haaland’s winning goal should NOT have stood due to Enzo Fernandez making an deliberate attempt to play the ball from an offside position, Man United did play the majority of the game with a one player advantage.
Phil Foden was shown a straight red card as early as the 23rd minute for kicking out at United captain Fernandes, leaving Man City with a huge mountain to climb at Old Trafford.
However, from the sending off to after Haaland’s goal, Man United didn’t create much in terms of goalscoring chances as Marcus Rashford and Kobbie Mainoo both struck the post before Bryan Mbeumo forced a super save from Gianluigi Donnarumma in stoppage time.
Speaking on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football show, Carragher believes Carrick made the wrong call by taking off Tielemans in the 67th minute and not bringing on Benjamin Sesko sooner.
“Sesko comes on and they take a midfield player off in Tielemans,” Carragher said. “You might say ‘you’re losing 1-0, against ten men, you bring a striker on and take a midfielder off’, most managers would probably do that and say that’s what you should do.
“But the knock-on effect for Manchester United is that means Bruno Fernandes goes to central midfield.
“That was the change Michael Carrick made going the other way when Ruben Amorim was the manager. That’s why I go back to the tactical change and think they got it wrong.
“It wasn’t just about bringing Sesko on and who they brought him on for, it’s what happened with Bruno Fernandes
