Paul Scholes has claimed that Michael Carrick has been let down by the Manchester United hierarchy with their 'lack of ambition' over the summer. United have managed to win just one of their opening five games of the season‚ a 5-2 victory over promoted side Ipswich Town. Otherwise‚ they have lost to Hull City and Manchester City‚ and have drawn against Everton and Fulham on Sunday. They have also been knocked out of the Carabao Cup at the first time of asking‚ falling to a 3-2 defeat against Brighton in the third round last week despite taking a two-goal lead into half-time.

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NATHAN SALT AT OLD TRAFFORD: Michael Carrick insists he is not feeling the pressure as Manchester United manager after an 'unacceptable' Carabao Cup exit at the hands of Brighton. Carrick and his plays were booed off with chants of 'what the f***ing hell was that?' from the displeased supporters in the Stretford End after United blew a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2. 'We can't accept that as a group. I take responsibility for it‚' Carrick said.

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Mikel Merino has compared 'unbelievable talent' Max Dowman to Lamine Yamal and claimed his Arsenal team-mates have challenged the youngster to get even better. Yamal‚ who is in the running for the Ballon d'Or‚ has taken the football world by storm ever since breaking into Barcelona's first team as a regular aged just 16 - the same age as Dowman. Merino won the World Cup with Spain this summer‚ with Yamal‚ now 19‚ a key part of the team. Yet‚ Merino views Dowman‚ who struck an impressive brace against Ipswich on Tuesday night in the Carabao Cup third round‚ in a similar light to his international team-mate.

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The incipient talent‚ dubbed 'kid Messi'‚ left the hierarchy shocked with his request and it is understood that he has been dropped for today's Carabao Cup match against Brighton. And last night‚ Lacey appeared to stick the boot in with a viral post which has whipped up strong emotions among the fanbase.

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CRIAG HOPE AT ELLAND ROAD: Unbeaten in three at the outset of the Premier League and lauded for their summer business‚ autumn and winter might not be so cheery on the evidence of this horror show. Matthias Jaissle's side were three down by half-time‚ and it was no surprise at all. Be that on the basis of what played out here or‚ more so‚ what your eyes have told you in the past 10 days. An unconvincing 1-0 win at Millwall in the Carabao Cup came on the back of an equally sketchy 2-2 draw at home to Bournemouth‚ in which they trailed by two after 35 minutes.

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Morgan Rogers jokingly labelled Cole Palmer's player of the match award as 'criminal' after being overlooked following his performance in their 6-3 win over Leeds in the Carabao Cup. Chelsea had looked at risk of crashing out at the third round stage after trailing 2-0 at Stamford Bridge. The introduction of Rogers and Palmer among four half-time substitutes had helped the Blues to fight back in the second half.

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KIERAN GILL: Xabi Alonso says he chose a Chelsea squad that had the 'desire to play' and decided he could not select Enzo Fernandez after speaking privately with the Manchester City target. Fernandez was missing from the match-day selection for Thursday's Carabao Cup win over Luton Town. That was despite Alonso insisting the day before that he would use the Argentinian‚ 25. Fernandez's absence immediately sparked speculation that City had opened club-to-club talks surrounding a potential £120million transfer. However‚ Chelsea sources on Thursday night insisted after defeating Luton that they were still awaiting a formal approach.

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KIERAN GILL AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: We love a transfer update in today's world of club-to-club talks and verbal agreements and sources whispering this and that‚ but there is nothing quite as clear as a surprise absentee on a match day. It smacks of something happening behind the scenes‚ and Manchester City target Enzo Fernandez was nowhere to be seen at Stamford Bridge‚ neither in the team nor on the bench nor in the stands supporting his team-mates in this Carabao Cup second-round victory. That was despite Xabi Alonso telling us a day previous that he intended on using him against League One visitors Luton. Chelsea did not need him. They won by two goals‚ with Danny Welbeck scoring and Hakeem Odoffin sending Estevao Willian's shot into his own net. They arguably should have won by six with the chances that Cole Palmer and Morgan Rogers had.

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