Carrick rues dropped points

Manchester United’s Michael Carrick said his side should have beaten Chelsea on Sunday, after coming back from three goals down to draw.

United fell behind to a Jonny Evans own-goal in the first half after controlling much of the play and then saw Chelsea extend their lead with goals from Juan Mata and David Luiz early in the second period.

However, the visitors fought back with two penalties from Wayne Rooney and an equaliser in the final 10 minutes coming from the head of Javier Hernandez.

Midfielder Carrick admitted feeling disappointed with the draw, despite his side having overcome a three-goal deficit, insisting that United should have perhaps won the game.

Speaking to MUTV, Carrick said: “We were slightly disappointed in the end.”

“Obviously, when you’re 3-0 down and have your backs against the wall, if someone offers you a point then you’ll be happy with that but getting a third goal with a fair bit of the game to go, we fancied ourselves to go on and win it.”

“We probably looked like the likelier team to do it. They had a good free-kick but it’s a strange feeling in many ways, it was an up and down afternoon and in the end, a point is a point and we can take an awful lot from that game.”

“We played well in the first half and created some opportunities. Even when we were 1-0 down at half-time we were a bit stunned and surprised but that’s how it was and we had to deal with it.”

The 30-year-old, who has been one of United’s form players recently, added that the comeback could provide Sir Alex Ferguson’s men with a mental boost in the title race.

“I think other teams who were watching that and seeing us go 3-0 down, they would have been thinking what a good afternoon it has been for them,” he said.

“Then for us to come back in the manner we did might give them a little dent and a boost for us.”