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However, the United manager insisted that the 27-year-old gave everything for the club, acknowledging his mistake while highlighting his contribution to the team.<\/p>\n
Speaking in his post-match press conference published on the club website on Monday, Carrick said, \u201cWe\u2019ve got to be careful with that, I think. I understand the frustration. I understand the disappointment of the supporters, so I get it. We\u2019re all frustrated. We\u2019re all disappointed. And the players are as much as anyone, I guarantee you that.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Defending Dalot, he added, \u201cDiogo gives absolutely everything. He\u2019s played in different positions. He\u2019s played left-back. He\u2019s played really well at times. He gives a penalty away today. That\u2019s, you know\u2026 he knows that. Maybe he can do a little bit better. Alright, that\u2019s part of it, he\u2019s made a mistake.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The former United midfielder further praised the defender\u2019s attitude and influence within the dressing room, saying, \u201cBut he cares an awful lot, and he\u2019s given everything. So I like what he brings to the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cI like what he brings to the group. I like what he brings to the whole environment and the culture that we\u2019ve got.\u201d<\/p>\n
On whether Dalot would retain his place in the team, Carrick said the decision was separate from his assessment of the player\u2019s contribution.<\/p>\n \u201cPicking the team and who plays the next game, that\u2019s a whole different decision. But it\u2019s a whole different game that we\u2019ve got to look forward to now,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n When asked whether Dalot was coping with the criticism, the United manager simply responded, \u201cYeah.\u201d\n<\/p>\n The draw against Villa came after another eventful outing for United, who scored twice in stoppage time to secure a point after a topsy-turvy contest.\n<\/p>\n Carrick admitted that he was disappointed his side failed to win despite believing they had performed well for much of the encounter.\n<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, there was a lot happened in the game there. It\u2019s just the moments that are making it [difficult]. We\u2019re kind of beating ourselves a little bit, with the moments really that we\u2019re giving away and goals that we\u2019re giving away in tight clusters, that are making it a lot more difficult,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The United boss added, \u201cFootball\u2019s about moments. Football\u2019s about what happens in both boxes in the end, where I think you take the moments that are totally avoidable, goals that we\u2019re giving away.\u201d <\/p>\n Assessing his team\u2019s overall performance, Carrick said, \u201cI actually thought we\u2019ve played pretty well and were the better team for the most part, and I\u2019m disappointed that we still haven\u2019t won the game, to be truthful.\u201d\n<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cI thought we had most of the pressure. I thought we defended well, pressed well. We\u2019re just giving them the moments that shape the game in some ways and then finished strongly and took something out of the game but still disappointing that we haven\u2019t actually won it.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Asked whether United\u2019s repeated defensive lapses were down to a lack of concentration, Carrick rejected the suggestion that his players were not switched on.\n<\/p>\n \u201cNo, they are switched on and concentrated. It\u2019s a variety of things, a variety of type of goals, so there\u2019s not a theme to it apart from there\u2019s one-off moments catching us out at the moment,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n He nevertheless expressed confidence that the team could improve after the international break.\n<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, 100 per cent, yeah. I think there\u2019s more than enough. I think goals change games, and you\u2019ve got to deal with it, and it\u2019s something we have to improve on drastically. But there\u2019s more than enough. We\u2019re just making it too difficult for ourselves at the moment in certain times,\u201d Carrick said.<\/p>\n The manager also confirmed that defender Harry Maguire was substituted at half-time because of a back problem.\n<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s had a really bad back spasm,\u201d Carrick said, confirming that the issue was new.\n<\/p>\n United will now have a break from competitive action, with several players expected to travel for international duty.\n<\/p>\n Carrick said the period would provide an opportunity for the squad to regroup and prepare for their next fixture.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, it\u2019s been a right mixed week or two or three, really, if you\u2019re looking at the events. But I\u2019m pretty clear where we need to go and how we need to get there,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n He added, \u201cBut as a normal international week is, you know, we\u2019ll have some training. We\u2019ll have one or two days off, but not too much. But we\u2019ll train, and we\u2019ll get ready for the next game.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Source: <\/p>\n Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick has defended Diogo Dalot following criticism from supporters after the Portuguese defender conceded a penalty in the club\u2019s dramatic 4-4 draw against Aston Villa… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/09094222\/images-80_1794213742.webp\")
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