Man United shouldn’t ‘over celebrate’ Champions League place – Michael Carrick

Michael Carrick has mentioned Manchester United shouldn’t “over celebrate” reaching the Champions League after the 2-1 win over Brentford put the membership on the point of a return to Europe’s prime competitors.

United want simply two extra factors from their remaining 4 video games to be mathematically sure of a place in subsequent season’s Champions League having not competed within the competitors since 2023-2024.

But Carrick insists he will not be getting carried away if and after they recover from the road.

“We’ve given ourselves a great chance, we’ve put ourselves in a big position,” he mentioned. “It’s a tough league, it’s tough to get wins. You can see that throughout the league. To get the amount of wins we’ve had. I think the lads have got to take a bit of credit for that.

“The Champions League is one factor, however it’s not one thing that we must be over-celebrating both.

“We want to be finishing high up the league really and we want to be challenging high up in the league and trying to get more points so our season doesn’t get to a close when that happens.”

United’s targets in opposition to Brentford got here courtesy of Casemiro and Benjamin Sesko.

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Supporters at Old Trafford chanted “one more year” at Casemiro after his ninth purpose of the season, however Carrick insists there is not any likelihood of a U-flip over his determination to depart the membership on the finish of the season.

“It’s pretty clear,” Carrick mentioned.

“From both sides it’s pretty clear. Probably the situation and the clarity of it has helped everything. It means a lot to him and credit to him because of the situation that it is, he’s given absolutely everything as well and had some big moments for us.”