Michael Carrick has spoken of his displeasure at Manchester United’s performances this season, but remains confident the club can turn things around.
United were condemned to their worst start to a season in 28 years after losing 1-0 to rivals Manchester City on Sunday, having managed just 13 points from their first 10 games.
However, Carrick, who made his first appearance in six months against City, is confident that he and his team-mates can turn things around.
“We look at our points total and we’re bitterly disappointed with the amount of points we’ve got,” Carrick told reporters. “It’s nowhere near good enough for where we want to be.
“But if you look deeper than that there are certainly signs that we’re still going to have a good season.
“There are just little things that maybe aren’t going for us and we’re making little errors but I think overall the feeling is that we’re still building to be successful and I think we will be.
“I think you get a feeling within a squad and sense around the place and it’s positive that we’re going in the right direction and we’re not far off being back to where we want to be.”
United face Arsenal, Liverpool and Spurs in the coming weeks and Carrick is calling on his side to put in a performance over the November/December months.
“It’s up to us now, in the weeks ahead building up to Christmas, to have a big push and put ourselves right back up there again.
“It’s just little things but they make a big difference and it’s points that count. But there is a real feeling that we can still do something special.
“Points-wise it might suggest we’re not close to Chelsea and Manchester City. But you look at the Chelsea game and I think we deserved the three points, although they’ll probably say the same.”