Michael Carrick: Would it be more of a gamble by Man Utd not to appoint him full-time?

Sesko leads Man Utd to victory against 10-man Crystal Palace

While Manchester United's hierarchy still need to answer big questions about Michael Carrick's future, a significant one was answered on Sunday.

This one was asked of the players by the interim boss in the dressing room as they trailed at half-time to an excellent Crystal Palace side.

In his short seven-game tenure, Carrick had not had to deal with that situation before. Deficits had been limited to 'in half' and been corrected before they had come to an end.

"Things have been going in our favour, so at half-time I said to them, 'here's something I've been waiting for, this moment'," said Carrick. "It was, 'go on then, what are we going to do about it?'.