MUFC’s Supremacy In Manchester Has Reduced – Carrick

Manchester United manager Michael Carrick has laughed off suggestions from Manchester City midfielder Elliot Anderson that the blue half of the city currently reigns supreme. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

Rejecting the claim, Carrick said that despite the widening trophy gap, recent head-to-head clashes have remained somewhat competitive.

Despite brushing off Anderson’s label, the club legend concluded by acknowledging the reality of City’s supremacy in recent years.

His words, “I’m definitely not using that phrase, at all, no.

I understand it. We are humble enough and realistic enough to know where we have come from in recent history.

I thought they were very professional against Porto the other night. They are a very good team.

We know we have to put in a good performance and do a lot of things right to get a result.

I think we have built up confidence over a period of time. I feel like we are getting better all the time and that helps us. It is a big game, it is an important game, there is a lot riding on it.

We are looking forward to it. We have got a short space of time to recover and prepare for it, but we will make the most of it.

It is good, in a way, that expectation has shifted. All of a sudden, there are different things asked of us to maybe what was asked of us a few months ago.

We are in the Champions League – that in itself shows the steps we have made.

Now, it is about the next stage. We need to, and want to be better, and we want to be challenging more.

That’s where we’re at. It doesn’t mean that we can’t and we won’t. It means we still hope, we believe, and we expect that we can be and we should be, but I understand the bigger picture.”