So it turns out giving the supply teacher who got a tune out of the class in the final term isn't conducive to securing good grades in the long term. Michael Carrick is the supply teacher and he's just been handed a lesson by Cesc Fabregas. The Red Devils were exposed in the swirling northern Italian rain, and on the banks of Lake Como, Carrick's tenure continues to sink. While he did offer up an apology to the travelling fans after the bruising defeat, his actions - or rather, lack thereof - towards the players spoke a thousand words.

Shortly after holding his hands up towards the away section at Como's Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium, the United boss turned and burned. He went straight down the tunnel, crucially offering no acknowledgement or appreciation to his players, cutting the figure of a man who knows his time is running out.

Having negotiated a potential problem last weekend with Lisandro Martinez's comments on the club's recruitment, Carrick - should he avoid the sack - will have to deal with the fallout from Bruno Fernandes' public statement.

Speaking to TNT Sports, he remarked: "It's a decision from the staff to not press man to man and sometimes leave space behind and try to get the ball... That (whether Carrick and the staff got their tactics wrong)'s on the manager and staff to see, not me."

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