Michael Carrick slams criticism of Manchester United's pressing vs Villarreal

Manchester United celebrated a 2-0 win over Villarreal in the Champions League rematch on Tuesday evening. Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho marked their names on the scoresheet to secure win for the Red devils under interim coach Michael Carrick. And after the game Carrick has hit back at criticism of United's sluggish pressing and claimed they've been doing that for a long time under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

“If you look back over time we have pressed a team, especially on goal kicks, sometimes it hasn’t worked but the intention is to do that," he said.   "One or two games when we’ve changed our approach is slightly different, but over the last number of years that’s what we’ve tried to do. Fred is one of the best around at what he does, he played a massive part in the first goal.   "The defending and intercepting for the second is what we’ve got in the team, to be able to hit teams on the break and intercepting and breaking has always been in the DNA of this club. That’s about the lads working hard together and pulling it off.   "I’m delighted for the players, the effort and the endeavour, when you put that together as a full package we’re a good team."

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Champions League: Villarreal 0-2 Manchester United