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Carra on United’s title hopes
- Updated: November 1, 2016
Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher thinks it would take a “miraculous recovery” for Manchester United to win the Premier League this season.
After Saturday’s goalless draw at home to Burnley, Jose Mourinho’s side sit eighth in the table having collected just 15 points so far this campaign, leaving them eight adrift of the leading trio of Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool.
The Portuguese, who replaced Louis van Gaal in the Old Trafford dugout last summer, has recorded four wins in his opening 10 league fixtures, giving him a win rate of just 40 per cent, the worst start in any of his last six managerial jobs.
And it is dropped points against the likes of Watford, Stoke City and Burnley that will be most concerning the United boss, according to Carragher.
“They are not actually winning the games that you would expect them to win,” the former Liverpool and England defender said on Monday Night Football. “I think if they won the league from this position it would be a miraculous recovery. But I think going forward now, there are …
