Michael Carrick insists the Reds won't rest on the
laurels of victory over Liverpool, even if Sunday's win has
sealed United's status as strong title
favourites.
The midfielder believes the fixture list still
looks difficult, telling MUTV: "We’re playing well at the
moment but we’ve still got a tough run-in and it’s not going to be
easy.
"We’re not getting carried away by any means but we’re happy with
our position. Three or four weeks ago we were a few points behind
Arsenal and aware that we needed to get points on the board fairly
quickly.
"We’ve managed to do that and obviously Arsenal have slipped up a
little bit and opened the door for us."
When United opened the door against Liverpool, the identity of the
first scorer caught Carrick by surprise.
"It was mad to see Wes (Brown) up there, I was a bit shocked it was
him when the goal went in," he laughed.
"It means a lot to Wes to score against Liverpool, being a local
lad, and his goal got us up and running. We played some
good football after that."
For all the good football and goalscoring
opportunities created, United had to endure a long wait for
the security of a second strike. As comfortable as the
Reds seemed to be against the ten men of
Liverpool, Michael admits a few doubts were starting to creep
in as a rack of chances went begging.
"Cristiano had a great chance - just before he scored the second
goal - and you think is it going to be one of those days?"
confessed Carrick.
"Sometimes the longer it goes on the harder it becomes
and Liverpool were just beginning to have a half-decent spell
in the game, getting a few free-kicks and things.
"The game can be on a knife-edge until you get that crucial
second goal. Once we got that we could relax and enjoy the game a
bit more and then Nani’s goal capped things off for us."
"It’s very enjoyable when you win, especially against
Liverpool.