Damning data: stats that show Michael Carrick’s luck was bound to run out | Andrew Beasley

Favourable conditions and the rub of the green were behind Manchester United’s successful finish to last season Manchester United have been the third-best team in the Premier League for the period in which Michael Carrick has been their head coach. It is some effort for his job to be so under threat when only Arsenal (57 points) and Manchester City (56) have been more productive than United (46) during the 45-year-old’s tenure. The tally obscures pertinent facts. Carrick’s side to