!!~[LIVESTREAMs@]!! Manchester Derby 2026 Live Free! 17 January 2026

LIVE: Manchester United vs Manchester City – Premier League

One of the world’s biggest derbies sees Manchester United entertain Manchester City in the English Premier League.

The match at Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom, kicks off at 12:30pm (12:30 GMT).

Despite his short-term contract, Carrick insisted that he will still act in the long-term interests of the club and did not rule out the possibility of staying beyond this season if his time in charge proves successful.

“I think we’re realistic and where we are at the moment, why I’m here and the role I’ve got to do,” he added.

“That doesn’t change how we go about it in the day-to-day and the focus and making decisions for the long-term strategy of the group and the playing squad.

“I’m certainly not coming in thinking it’s a time where week to week, game to game, we’ve got to get through it and tick each one off.

“I think we want to plan to improve beyond this season, and however that looks at this moment, all I can control is what we give the players and how we create the atmosphere around the group.”

Carrick had an unbeaten three-game interim spell in charge of United in 2021, but his only long-term experience as a manager was at second-tier Middlesbrough from 2022-25.

He has a contract until the end of the season as United gives itself time to identify candidates to try to end a decade-plus of decline. Carrick has the chance to put himself in the frame in the 17 remaining games this term.

Carrick wants to put smiles on the faces of fans who jeered at the final whistle as United was knocked out of the FA Cup by Brighton last week.

“I want to be off my seat [with excitement],” he said. “I want to be enjoying watching the boys play, and results obviously need to come with that. You can feel my kind of enthusiasm for it because I’m buzzing to get started and see what we can do.”

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