Worst Start in Club History: United Held at Leeds as Pressure Mounts on Carrick

Manchester United have made the worst start to a Premier League season in their history. Michael Carrick's side threw away a first-half lead to draw 1-1 with Leeds United at Elland Road on Sunday, leaving them with just one win from seven league games.

Bryan Mbeumo put the visitors ahead with a 35th-minute header from Youri Tielemans' cross, but Dominic Calvert-Lewin volleyed Leeds level six minutes into the second half. United now sit 13th, only two points above the relegation zone, and winless in six matches across all competitions.

Unwanted history

United have made their fewest league wins at this stage since the 1986/87 campaign — the season Ron Atkinson was sacked in November before Sir Alex Ferguson arrived. Carrick called the first 45 minutes arguably his side's best of the season and a 'fresh start', but the numbers tell their own story: two wins in all competitions, a Carabao Cup exit to Brighton and a Champions League defeat to Atletico Madrid.

A turbulent week continues

The draw came at the end of a difficult week in which Lisandro Martinez publicly challenged the club's hierarchy in an interview. United now travel to Como in the Champions League on Wednesday before hosting Bournemouth next weekend — games Carrick can ill afford to lose.

Source: talkSPORT / The Times