Overview
- The draw on Sunday at Craven Cottage was secured by Matheus Cunha’s 89th-minute shot that took a deflection past the goalkeeper after Lisandro Martínez’s own goal had put Fulham ahead.
- United have just one win from five league games and sit 12th with five points, a start that matches one of their worst early-season tallies in Premier League history.
- Cunha publicly criticised his teammates for being outworked while Carrick defended the squad and blamed fine margins for recent results, sharpening internal and public scrutiny of the manager.
- Pundits and former players delivered severe verdicts on the display, with coverage pointing to a lack of midfield control, defensive lapses and poor second-half energy as clear, recurring faults.
- With a multiweek international break before matches against Tottenham and Atletico Madrid, the club has a short window to fix fitness, tactical choices and recruitment gaps that reporters say have exposed United’s thin squad depth.