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**penk22_** · 15-03-2016, 02:20 AM

CARRICK FEELS WEST HAM RESULT WAS FAIR

Manchester United came from behind to draw 1-1 with West Ham United in the Emirates FA Cup on Sunday afternoon and stand-in captain Michael Carrick was pleased with the Reds’ team spirit, saying “we live to fight another day”.

Dimitri Payet scored the opening goal at Old Trafford with a superb free-kick on 68 minutes but Louis van Gaal’s men showed character to restore parity amidst difficult circumstances, as Anthony Martial rose in front of the Stretford End to head home Ander Herrera’s cross with 83 minutes on the clock.

A replay at Upton Park will now decide which of the teams will progress to a semi-final at Wembley next month, but Carrick is simply relieved that his team-mates are in the hat after initially falling behind.

“We’ll take the draw in the end, but we were pressing for a winner and definitely wanted to win the game,” Carrick told BT Sport. “I always felt we would get back in it but we just couldn’t get a winner.

“Of course there’s relief, it’s a big opportunity. It’s the FA Cup and we all want to go far in this competition. To go 1-0 down in the second half and then be pushing for a winner is positive.

“It was a great free-kick [from Payet] but I thought we showed character to get back into the game and push for a winner – we just couldn’t get it. We were building pressure and probably had more opportunities. The final pass didn’t quite happen for us and we didn’t work the goalkeeper enough.

“It’s the FA Cup, it was end-to-end at times and there was a lot happening in the box but I thought it
was a good cup tie. With penalty decisions, sometimes you get them and sometimes you don’t, so one goal each way is probably fair I think.”

United went into Sunday’s match on the back of a 2-0 defeat at Liverpool in the Europa League and the all-important second leg of that last-16 tie will be played at Old Trafford on Thursday. Despite that, Carrick insists the players were 100 per cent focused on the match against West Ham.

“Irrespective of the Liverpool game, today was a one-off,” Sunday's skipper explained. “We were well aware of that going into the game and wanted to go through in this competition. We haven’t quite done it yet but we live to fight another day.”

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penk22_ Divisi IT Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Soemenep - Soerabaja Posts: 10,286 Thanks: 999 Thanked 1,066 Times in 595 Posts Mentioned: 558 Post(s)	Re: [FA Cup] Manchester United vs West Ham United CARRICK FEELS WEST HAM RESULT WAS FAIR Manchester United came from behind to draw 1-1 with West Ham United in the Emirates FA Cup on Sunday afternoon and stand-in captain Michael Carrick was pleased with the Reds’ team spirit, saying “we live to fight another day”. Dimitri Payet scored the opening goal at Old Trafford with a superb free-kick on 68 minutes but Louis van Gaal’s men showed character to restore parity amidst difficult circumstances, as Anthony Martial rose in front of the Stretford End to head home Ander Herrera’s cross with 83 minutes on the clock. A replay at Upton Park will now decide which of the teams will progress to a semi-final at Wembley next month, but Carrick is simply relieved that his team-mates are in the hat after initially falling behind. “We’ll take the draw in the end, but we were pressing for a winner and definitely wanted to win the game,” Carrick told BT Sport. “I always felt we would get back in it but we just couldn’t get a winner. “Of course there’s relief, it’s a big opportunity. It’s the FA Cup and we all want to go far in this competition. To go 1-0 down in the second half and then be pushing for a winner is positive. “It was a great free-kick [from Payet] but I thought we showed character to get back into the game and push for a winner – we just couldn’t get it. We were building pressure and probably had more opportunities. The final pass didn’t quite happen for us and we didn’t work the goalkeeper enough. “It’s the FA Cup, it was end-to-end at times and there was a lot happening in the box but I thought it was a good cup tie. With penalty decisions, sometimes you get them and sometimes you don’t, so one goal each way is probably fair I think.” United went into Sunday’s match on the back of a 2-0 defeat at Liverpool in the Europa League and the all-important second leg of that last-16 tie will be played at Old Trafford on Thursday. Despite that, Carrick insists the players were 100 per cent focused on the match against West Ham. “Irrespective of the Liverpool game, today was a one-off,” Sunday's skipper explained. “We were well aware of that going into the game and wanted to go through in this competition. We haven’t quite done it yet but we live to fight another day.” HTML Code: http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2016/Mar/Player-reaction-Michael-Carrick-reacts-to-Manchester-United-drawing-with-West-Ham-in-FA-Cup.aspx __________________ When you think you can, you can !