Carrick: From Everton's perspective, those were two outstanding shots

After leading Manchester United to a 2-2 away draw against Everton in the third round of the Premier League, head coach Michael Carrick gave an interview with the club's official television channel.

Michael, today at Hill Dickinson Stadium, the match ended 2-2 between the two sides. What are your reflections, assessment, and thoughts on the game now?

Yes, at this moment we are feeling very disappointed. The only purpose of coming here was to win the game, and twice we put ourselves in very good positions to do that. We expected this to be one of those extremely difficult matches where you have to stay involved and fight until the final moment, basically like most of the games I experienced when I played here. In the end, we were unable to hold on for the victory. From their perspective, those were two absolutely brilliant shots. Both goals were almost perfectly placed into the top corners of the goal, and both were scored from a long distance.

Goals like that do not happen often in normal matches, but when they do fly into the net in that way, they are extremely difficult blows for the whole team to take. We created excellent situations for ourselves, showed many very good attacking combinations and tactics, and scored two goals away from home but still failed to win the match. That is incredibly disappointing.

It was indeed a very difficult and upsetting situation. However, when you look at those goals, your players also scored some excellent and great goals, such as Bryan (Mbeumo) and Benjamin Sesko. How proud are you of their performances on the pitch today?

Yes, they were very good goals, they really were. Some of our forward movements and attacking combinations on the pitch today were excellent. We know we can do certain things very well, and the attacking players performed well and scored two goals. But not being able to win the match in the end is the most frustrating and disappointing part.

Now, let's talk about the squad situation. We all saw that Marcus Rashford was substituted. It looked like he picked up a slight knock in a challenge or was hit during the match. Is he okay? Is there any serious problem?

I think he will be fine. Yes, yes, he should not have any major issues.

Finally, before another major match that everyone is aware of arrives next week, what should we take from this week's preparation? In other words, what lessons and experiences do we need to learn from today's match?

Yes, next Thursday will be a completely different game, and Sunday will also be a completely different game. I think there are many positive things from today that we can keep and build on. Overall, there were some very good moments today. At the same time, there are areas we must improve and develop, and this is an ongoing process of continuous improvement. Yes, we will prepare fully for next Thursday's match.