Carrick defiant after latest defeat, Liverpool v Arsenal buildup, WSL and more – matchday live

Key events21m agoPreambleBarney Ronay’s Manchester United verdict is scathing. double quotation markMichael Carrick is miles away from being the actual story here. For the record, the United manager is now a little more pre-doomed, pre-sacked, pretty much already lounging around in one of those holiday adverts with Tony Pulis joshing about what’s for lunch. This defeat means United haven’t won a game since early September. At full time only the fact that Coventry and Sunderland would be playing each other later in the afternoon ruled out the prospect of an end-of-day bottom place. Here’s Jacob Steinberg’s report from Stamford Bridge. double quotation markHere was a moment to symbolise United’s decline under the Glazers and Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Martínez has had a lot to say about those above him recently, but this is a player who should have been sold along. United have too many in that category and it is hard to see a change of manager alone fixing the problem. A dead man talking? double quotation mark“There’s no words I’m going to explain to you now that makes it any different,” he said. “It’s not going to change it. We’ve got to move forward and win matches, it’s as simple as that.” PreambleGood morning, and welcome. Another Sunday, another day of speculation about Michael Carrick? Well, probably. There’s also Liverpool v Arsenal, as the Gunners try to shake off their midweek visit to the north west, and Andoni Iraola attempts to keep his team rolling along. All that and the latest news and reaction from Saturday’s games.