Goals from Rayan, Marcus Tavernier and Evanilson sealed a dominant away win for the Cherries, with United put to the sword and cut through like butter on several occasions.

Carrick made the bold decision not just to drop his captain Bruno Fernandes, but not bring him onto the pitch at all, despite United being in desperate need of goals.

Matheus Cunha, also left out, was brought on in an attempt to address the drubbing, but the Brazilian's efforts were in vain and the home support made their feelings clear to the players through vicious jeers at full-time.

Lisandro Martinez was another player to speak out against the club publicly in the past few weeks, and he was also named on the substitutes' bench, while Ayden Heaven and Leny Yoro struggled against a vibrant Bournemouth attack.

Carrick fronted up to the responsibility in his post-match interview but the head coach is facing the prospect of losing his job in the next few hours.

"Not for me personally, but for Manchester United. It was, yeah, it was really mixed today. Of course, I feel a lot of responsibility.

"You know, I've been at the club a long time and in the position I'm in, I feel a lot of responsibility. So it hurts an awful lot to see us going through this moment in time."