Man United sleepwalking towards relegation asks one question: Where is the rage?

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. As Michael Carrick walked into the press room at Stamford Bridge, with many waiting to hear whether he might actually muster some fire, there was also an eye on results elsewhere: a few permutations could have meant England’s most successful club dropped into the relegation zone at this stage of the season – now a quarter in – for the first time since 1986. That alone is a stark reality, that would be a line in the sand in any other setting.