:: Carrick wont stress over table :: Michael Carrick insists there is no point agonising over Manchester Uniteds position in the Barclays Premier League table as he strives to help the champions close the gap on leaders Arsenal. The Reds started Sunday in eighth place despite the 3-2 victory against Stoke City and some eight points adrift of the Gunners, who won 2-0 at Crystal Palace. All the focus is on compiling a run of positive results rather than over-analysing the league position at this early stage. Theres not really any point, Carrick replied, when asked whether he studies the table. Were aware of the situation but theres no point going over it in your head and thinking what if. Youve just got to concentrate on the games coming up, putting runs together with wins and focusing on that and seeing where that takes us. Weve been saying it for a number of weeks now about kicking on when weve had a good result, that we need to kick on and get back to our normal selves. Theres still a way to go; were not kidding ourselves. We know weve had a couple of good results, but its by no means the best. Theres more to come, but were not in too bad a shape. There is little doubt that the comeback against Stoke was imperative in terms of ensuring the Reds did not lose any further ground on the challengers. Its just the character we have, Carrick asserted. It was a vital game to win, we didnt really have a choice, we had to find a way of doing it. We just kept going and we ended up finding that way when Chicharito popped up with the winner.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 15:25:37 +0000
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