Only a late stroke of luck spared dismal Man United defeat at struggling Fulham, but it’s Sir Jim Ratcliffe – not Michael Carrick – who must take the blame for his club’s worsening crisis, writes OLIVER HOLT

There is a pub on Fulham High Street called The Eight Bells. Paper signs on the windows…

There is a pub on Fulham High Street called The Eight Bells. Paper signs on the windows…

Sir Jim Ratcliffe claims to recognise once great things that are now ‘on the slide’… it’s time he adds Man United to that list after fortunate draw at Fulham, writes OLIVER HOLT

There is a pub on Fulham High Street called The Eight Bells. Paper signs on the windows…