“Not a catastrophe or a disaster”: Carrick urges perspective after Manchester United’s bruising week
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Michael Carrick has insisted Manchester United's recent run of form is 'not a catastrophe or a disaster'.
Manchester United have endured a tough week of results after a Manchester Derby defeat and Carabao Cup elimination. United lost 1-0 to Manchester City at Old Trafford last weekend, despite holding a man advantage for more than an hour.
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In midweek, Carrick's side squandered a 2-0 lead to lose to Brighton in the League Cup, with audible unhappiness from the Old Trafford crowd.
United have taken just four points from their first four games in thePremier League, but Carrick has called for perspective with the season still in its opening period.
Carrick urges calm after tough week: “It’s not a catastrophe” as Man United seek turnaround
"We’ve got to put things in perspective, it’s not a catastrophe or a disaster, it's not the end of the world. We're not in a place where we have gone on an awful long run of horrific results," he said at hispre-match press conference.
"We’ve lost a couple of games recently. We feel we’ve started and been in all the games we’ve played, we’re not having a real struggle all the time. We’ve done a lot of good things, the belief comes from that. The good things we’ve done gets lose in the surrounding feeling but they don’t get lost by us.
"That’s why I’m here. It’s my responsibility, I’m fine with that. It’s not a blame game. We always search for things to look at and find the blame, sometimes it gets too much.
"Blame me, it’s no problem, I'll take the responsibility, but it’s not about blaming people. It’s about finding solutions. It’s a whole collective thing. It’s about what you focus on really. I’m totally happy taking responsibility. No problem with that, it doesn't bother me. I know where we want to go and we want to get there fast."
Asked about the boos from the Manchester United fans in midweek, Carrick added: "We don’t like losing football matches, it’s not that I don’t feel the emotion of losing football matches, but it doesn’t affect how I think about what we need to do next. That is the most important thing."