Michael Carrick's STUNNING Victory Turns Man United's Season Around
Carrick guides Man United to a 2-0 win over City, climbing to 4th in the Premier League in his first game as interim boss.
Michael Carrick guided Manchester United to an impressive 2-0 win over Manchester City in his first match as the club’s interim manager.
I don’t want to get carried away with all this stuff about DNA. We wanted to play well and bring into the game the things we thought would help us. "We definitely wanted to be solid defensively as a team. We felt we could be dangerous on the break. When we had the ball, I think we looked threatening. "I couldn’t ask for more than that. The boys took everything tactically and handled it emotionally. I said yesterday that this is a magical place, and today was definitely like that.
— Michael Carrick
With this win, Manchester United claimed their first victory of 2026 in style and climbed to fourth in the Premier League table for the 2025/26 season.
