Michael Carrick makes case for Man Utd job after perfect start

Their arguments are being undermined before their eyes by the multitude of voices warning against United repeating what happened in 2018-19.

Seven seasons ago, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer arrived on an interim basis, won eight games in a row, then won six of the following nine and achieved astonishing success in the Champions League against Paris St-Germain when he was given the task after United overturned a two-goal deficit in the first leg away.

Solskjaer was set to lead United to the Europa League final in 2021, but an early promise was not kept.

The results offer a disturbing way of deflecting rational views; Carrick doesn’t seem to show any signs of drifting away.

By “riding” the current situation, he means his players and the feeling he got from beating Manchester City and Arsenal.

Cunha’s shot in the 87th minute allowed David Raya to bounce along the touchline as it headed towards the far corner of his goal.

But who can blame him? Three minutes earlier, they had conceded an equalizer in a game that looked like they had it in the bag.

“You have to ride it and use the emotion, the energy and the confidence,” he said later. “But you also need to be humble and realize how we arrived at those two outcomes.

“We can’t look too far ahead. We wouldn’t look anyway, but looking too far might bite you.”

The interviewer from Sky Sports tried to get Carrick to say he wanted the job. This wasn’t a discussion he wanted to be involved in.

“I’m here to do a job,” he said. “When I came here less than two weeks ago, I said we would make every decision based on the big picture.

“We’re not getting carried away. These are two big results, but we’ll keep our feet on the ground.

“I enjoy it and will continue to do my best.”