The United boss is under huge pressure

Under-pressure Manchester United boss Michael Carrick insisted he wasn't waving goodbye to fans following his side's dismal defeat to Bournemouth at Old Trafford on Sunday.

The Red Devils were beaten 3-0 by the Cherries, extending their current winless run to eight games.

United have racked up just two wins all season, and this latest humiliating loss has clearly piled pressure on Carrick, whose position now looks deeply uncertain.

Carrick looked as if he might be waving goodbye to fans at full-time as he headed down the tunnel, but later clarified he is not resigning.

He told Sky Sports: "It wasn't [a goodbye] for me."

"It was a strange mix of emotions at the end of the game. It wasn't a nice way to end the game.

"It was a tough day for the players. We went into the game having been rocked. You can feel that. They're really hurting and disappointed in there. It's not a nice feeling. You have to accept it, we're in that situation."

Carrick's preparations for the game were largely overshadowed by comments made by captain Bruno Fernandes, who this week hit out at the manager's tactics in the 4-1 Champions League defeat to Como.

Fernandes was left on the bench for Sunday's defeat, and Jamie Carragher, assessing the game for Sky Sports, believes that move was deliberate.

"I don't think he was ever going to bring him on," Carragher said. "It was a deliberate decision to leave him on the bench to try and almost embarrass him."

Carrick clinging on

"The Manchester United fans are singing the Michael Carrick song. I think they know what's going to happen here, they have seen this before.

"He's one of their own, and he's popular, but the owners, the sporting department and the players are not popular, they have badly let this football club down.

"And those two (Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox) are probably going to make a decision that will disgust Manchester United fans, but it is probably necessary. It's just an absolute mess."

Meanwhile, Harry Maguire, speaking to Sky Sports, said the players have to take the blame.

"It wasn't good enough," he said. "Disappointed to give a goal away so early - another set play - and conceding first in the Premier League it makes it difficult.

"A mistake for the second makes it hard for ourselves. We didn't perform well enough as individuals or as a team and we didn't deserve anything from the game.

"It's not clicking at the moment. Results are not good enough and performances in the last week not good enough. Still early in the season.

"Got to find something, question yourself, look in the mirror - that's the most important thing - think what you can do more and what more you can contribute to the team and if we do that we'll get somewhere."