Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- Manchester United boss Michael Carrick has come unstuck with his man Bruno Fernandes after the Red Devils were hammered 4 to 1 by Como in the Champions League on Wednesday.

United were outplayed in Italy as they stretched a run of seven successive clean sheets in all competitions to five consecutive league defeats this season.

Fernandes, who was substituted after 67 minutes, was critical of their tactics, saying that the decision not to press man to man left room for exploitation.

The News Chronicle reports that Carrick dismissed the criticism saying that tactics could not compensate for a lack of effort from players on the pitch.

"We actually were half pressed man to man in the second half and then conceded a goa...