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‘Like a fresh start’: Michael Carrick relieved by Manchester United’s draw at Leeds

<ul><li>Head coach insists ‘we can still have a really good season’</li><li>‘We were the dominant side,’ says Farke</li></ul>After a week in which Michael Carrick had “the headphones on” to quieten the noise, Manchester United’s head coach claimed Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Leeds “felt like a fresh start” and insisted that the season can still be a good one.Carrick’s team have seven points from seven Premier League games and have won only once in the competition, against Ipswich in August. Sunday’s draw followed the previous weekend’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/10/manchester-united-tottenham-premier-league-match-report">1-1 draw with Tottenham</a>. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/18/manchester-united-michael-carrick-draw-leeds-fresh-start">Continue reading...</a>

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European football: Monaco miss chance to go top; Bayer Leverkusen find form

<ul><li>Monaco go down 1-0 at Lorient in Ligue 1</li><li>Bayer Leverkusen come from behind to beat Freiburg</li></ul>Noah Cadiou’s second-half penalty for Lorient prevented Monaco returning to the top of Ligue 1 as they fell to a 1-0 defeat in Brittany on Sunday.Monaco are one of four teams level on points at the top of the table as they were joined by Paris FC, who edged Rennes 4-3 thanks to Lassine Sinayoko’s injury-time penalty. Rennes dropped to fifth, a point behind, despite forward Estéban Lepaul’s hat-trick of penalties in Paris.This story will be updated <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/18/european-football-monaco-rennes-ligue-1-bayer-leverkusen-freiburg-bundesliga-como-fiorentina-seria-a-real-madrid-sevilla-la-liga">Continue reading...</a>

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Northampton break England’s duck in Champions Cup with victory over Cardiff

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