Michael Carrick is confident Manchester United can cope with
their gruelling fixture list.
United have played seven times in the last three weeks but there is
not likely to be any respite as they continue to challenge for
silverware on three fronts.
Saturday's 2-2 draw with Middlesbrough means an FA Cup
quarter-final replay must be fitted into United's schedule, while
they also play a charity match against a European XI on
Tuesday.
However, Carrick insists: "The fixture list is a bit congested now
and we are going to have to deal with it, but if we are going to
win things then we have to go through this.
"Right now we are facing a lot of games of such huge
importance."
The likes of Louis Saha, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Mikael Silvestre
have all been hit by injuries in recent weeks but Carrick believes
there are enough quality players at Old Trafford to step in to the
breach.
"I am sure we have the strength in depth despite the injury
situation at the moment," said the former Tottenham
midfielder.
"We have a good squad and other lads can come in to show how good
they are."
Carrick feels United's results over the past few weeks have shown
they have the resolve to win games whilst not playing at their
best.
"You have spells in the season when you don't play great stuff, but
we have shown over the past few weeks that we can grind results
out," he observed.
"I think this game (against Middlesbrough) showed the character in
the team in the way we came back."