MADRID, 23 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Manchester United interim coach, Michael Carrick, has assured that they managed to win in “the best way” at Villarreal this Tuesday in the fifth day of the Champions League, showing “character” and “fighting spirit”, and has stressed the importance of the substitutes in the final victory.
“We said we came here to win the game. I always believed that we would do it and that we were ready for tonight. It was not an easy match, it was difficult. They are a good team, they make you work on possession. The guys showed a little bit of everything and I’m delighted with the way it ended, “he declared after the clash at the Estadio de la Cerámica.
In addition, the coach of the ‘red devils’, who made his debut on the bench, highlighted the difficulty involved in facing the Castellón. “I don’t think we could have expected to come here and play nice football from the first moment, when you have suffered in terms of results and you are not in good individual and team form, it is not easy,” he said.
“In a way, it was the best way to win for me, we had to show some character, we had to dig deep, we had to show our fighting spirit. Sometimes, we would walk away and after the break we got back together. The substitutes had a brutal impact in the end. It’s all I could hope for, the guys gave it their all, “he explained.