Carrick takes the blame as troubled Man Utd suffer League Cup misery
Michael Carrick took the blame for Manchester United's stunning League Cup collapse against Brighton after furious fans jeered his side at Old Trafford on Wednesday.Carrick was a decorated member of the United sides that won Premier League titles and the Champions League under Alex Ferguson.
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What this narrative is about
- Sports
- Breaking
- Domestic
- Entertainment
- World
- Education
- Soccer
- Manchester united
- Sports
- Football
- Michael carrick
- Carabao cup
- League cup
- Sport
- Brighton
The tone: mostly negative
How the coverage is framed
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Of all the attention this narrative draws, 61% comes from coverage with a negative framing. The rest is split between the other two readings.
Who is driving the attention
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89%
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What is the “Carrick takes the blame as troubled Man Utd suffer League Cup misery” narrative?
Global Attention detected this narrative on Sep 17, 1:05 AM, when coverage from unrelated outlets began converging on one story, and has tracked it as a single cluster since.
It currently draws 2.2M attention across 176 sources and 307 articles — its peak total attention so far. Attention is a weighted measure: every article contributes according to the reach and credibility of the source that published it, so ten pieces in wire services can outweigh a hundred in small outlets.
Who is covering it
yahoo.com leads the coverage with 5% of the articles in this narrative. The 4 largest sources account for 11%; the remaining 172 sources carry the other 89%.
How the coverage is framed
Tone is predominantly negative: 61% of the coverage frames this story negatively, against 5% framing it positively. The remaining 34% is neutral — largely explanatory reporting of what happened.
Frequently asked questions
How is attention measured?
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Continuously. The cluster is re-scored as new articles arrive; the “last update” timestamp in the header refers to the newest article added to it, which was 1 days ago.