The Premier League outfit were pulled apart at will by Cesc Fabregas’ Serie A side, as the hosts were rampant by the Lake in the Champions League.
The defeat extended United’s winless run to seven games in all competitions, and leaves them 22nd in the league phase table, and 13th in the Premier League standings.
Carrick held up both hands in apology to the travelling faithful at the full-time whistle, and he faces further criticism after ‘Carrick Out’ started trending on X.
United fans let the full wrath of their emotions out on social media, with popular yet controversial personality Mark Goldbridge, who fronts The Overlap’s ‘Stick to United’ podcast and ‘The United Stand’ YouTube channel, simply tweeting: “Sack him tonight”.
Thrashed: Manchester United
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Another fan wrote that the job was “far beyond” Carrick, who was “out of his depth, doesn’t inspire confidence, and clearly can't do anything with this team.”
Others also pointed fingers at the under-fire manager, with one remarking that there was “no coming back from this”, and another labelling the result “embarrassing”, and that if Carrick were not sacked “immediately, [then] this club and the powers that be have no ambition or standards.”
United were outplayed throughout at the Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium, with Nico Paz, the former Real Madrid prodigy, running the show.
He notched the opener inside two minutes before Anastasios Douvikas doubled the hosts’ advantage.
Paz had another on 57 minutes before Jacobo Ramon completed the rout late on. Joshua Zirkzee snared a consolation for the visitors, but it was too little, too late on a dark night for Carrick and his injury-hit side.