Manchesterakias

🚨 Breaking: Bruno Fernandes has been benched by Michael Carrick for Man United vs Bournemouth, as @lauriewhitwell reports. Decision made by the manager — follows bad form and post-Como game criticism to the tactics.

🚨 If Manchester City are stripped of all their Premier League titles, these will be crowned the new CHAMPIONS: 🏆 11/12: Manchester United 🏆 13/14: Liverpool 🏆 17/18: Manchester United 🏆 18/19: Liverpool 🏆 20/21: Manchester United 🏆 21/22: Liverpool 🏆 22/23: Arsenal 🏆 23/24: Arsenal José Mourinho right now:

🚨 Paul Scholes on United going from 1st in running under Amorim to 19th under Carrick: “I saw the table this morning and I sent it to Giggsy. I said, ‘Have you looked at this?’ He said, ‘I don’t want to look at it.’ 14th in distance. 18th in sprints. 19th in high-speed runs. Outrun in every game except the one where City had ten men. I told him, ‘Under Amorim we were first in these. First. I didn’t like some of the football. I said it at the time. But they ran. Every week. You could see it in the 85th minute. Legs gone, still going.’ Now training is shorter. Sharper. Everybody clapped that. Then they go two-nil up at Old Trafford against Brighton and stop. I watched it back. After the second goal the running dies. They’re waiting. Waiting for the bench. Waiting for the night to save them. I said to Giggsy, ‘Roy would have taken the bus keys off them for this.’ He laughed. Then he stopped laughing. Because that’s the part people don’t want to say. Amorim didn’t get the results. I know. I lived it as a fan. But the numbers were honest. These numbers aren’t. You can call it control. You can call it Carrick-ball. I call it a team that decided running was optional. We used to be first in this. Now we’re 19th. If that doesn’t bother you, you never played for this club.”