VILLARREAL, Spain -- The Manchester United-owning Glazer family, as well as executive vice-president Ed Woodward and director Richard Arnold, will no doubt celebrate the team's 2-0 win over Villarreal to reach the knockout rounds of the Champions League as Group F winners, but they don't deserve to.
By botching the sacking of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and giving rookie manager Michael Carrick a little over 48 hours and two training sessions to prepare for a tough trip to Spain, they set him up to fail.
But as they have often done in Europe this season, United found a way.