Rio Ferdinand calls out two Manchester United legends after Arsenal clash, “Unbelievable disrespect…”

Arsenal controlled the early stages, forcing United to sit deep before taking the lead through an own goal midway through the first-half.

Michael Carrick’s side responded well, however, as Bryan Mbeumo pounced on a defensive lapse to bring the scores level.

United finished the first half strongly and continued on the front foot after the restart, with Patrick Dorgu producing a brilliant strike to put his side ahead.

Although Arsenal drew level from a corner, substitute Matheus Cunha delivered the decisive moment late on to earn United all three points.

Ferdinand calls out two United legends after Arsenal clash

After Carrick’s first win over Manchester City, Gary Neville came out and stated that he can not be appointed as the permanent head coach no matter how well he does.

Roy Keane then echoed that message after the 3-2 win against Arsenal. “If Manchester United win every game until the end of the season, I still wouldn’t give him the job.

“Are we going to sit here and pretend that Michael Carrick can get United winning league titles?”

While there are understandable concerns about getting carried away with two good results, Rio Ferdinand has come out in defence of Carrick and called out those claims.

Speaking on his podcast, Ferdinand said: “His first two games are Man City and Arsenal, and he’s gone and got six points.

“And people are telling me that no matter what Michael Carrick does, he shouldn’t get an opportunity to manage Man United, where the hell are you people, the disrespect is. unbelievable.

“For someone to say, ‘no matter what this person does, he doesn’t deserve to be given the keys to Manchester United’, on what grounds are you saying that, it’s mad talk.”

Too early to decide on Carrick

It is way too early to be speaking about Carrick getting the permanent job at Old Trafford but it is also too early to rule him out of contention.

If we have learned anything about United over the last decade, it is to not believe that big names are going to save everything.

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There could be big managers on the market in the summer but there are absolutely no guarantees that they will be the right appointment at Old Trafford.

Carrick should not be ruled out just because he is an ex-player but he also has so much more to prove before the end of the season, and right now, fans might as well enjoy the positivity surrounding the place after these two great wins.

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