Carrick insists Manchester United dressing room remains positive despite dismal run
Michael Carrick has said the Manchester United dressing room is a 'good place' despite the club's difficult start to the season.
Manchester United take on AS Roma in the Champions League tomorrow evening, aiming to end a run of nine games without a win. The Red Devils are 17th in the Premier League and have lost three consecutive games in all competitions, but Carrick has insisted that the dressing room remains positive.
He said he has no doubts about the commitment of the players to both him as a manager and the club.
"The dressing room is a good place. Perception is a funny thing. You can make things look different ways and think about all sorts of different things," he said at his pre-match press conference.
"The commitment of the players to the club, to me, to each other - do not question at all. We need to play better, we can make better decisions, but the commitment is not a thing at all."
Asked what Manchester United must do to get out of their current rut, Carrick said there is 'never one thing' to blame for poor results. He said he saw encouraging signs despite defeat at Chelsea over the weekend, and said he remains focused on turning results around.
"It is never one thing - it's always a number of things. It can be small things, it can be a little bit bigger. We know we need to get better at certain things.
"Against Chelsea we did a lot of really good things to give us a chance to not come away especially the first half without any goals, it was quite incredible really.
"We have to find a way out of this moment. We have done a lot of good things to help us to do that, we just couldn't capitalise on it, but we will do. We have to keep doing the right things.
"A lot of people could do my job when you are winning a lot of football games. It is about finding the solutions, finding the answers, staying strong, leading right and getting the best out of the players and we have to keep pushing for that.
"But it doesn't change my mindset at all. I love being here, I love working with the players. The struggles, the challenges, that just drives you on to want even more."
