Manchester United manager Michael Carrick was interviewed by Sky Sports, discussing the team's current tactical issues and questions about Leny Yoro (the second part of the interview is below).

【Carrick: The atmosphere at Manchester United is very good, and I actually anticipated there would be some difficult periods sooner or later】

One more thing about that derby. Manchester City had a player sent off, leaving them with 10 men. I know some United fans have questioned something about the team: Manchester United seems to always struggle when facing opponents with reduced numbers. Have you noticed this, and are you looking to improve in these situations?

Yes, I think we can definitely do better. We can improve in several aspects of those matches. But there were also many good aspects to the performance. I thought we had a particularly good start, and in the opening phase, we felt we were the better team and we kept applying pressure consistently. Then the match changed.

So there's some experience to be gained, and there's adaptation and learning involved. Next time we face a similar situation, we'll know where we can make small adjustments and changes. But this is also part of the process of developing and building the team. We'll encounter situations we haven't handled well before, and next time, we have to handle them well. That's on us.

Does that surprise you a bit? Because you have to constantly look at different data, and people will constantly provide you with different statistics. For example, I remember one stat that showed Manchester United actually earned more points in matches where they had less possession. Do such statistics surprise you, or is this actually the kind of characteristic you want to build into the team?

I think that's actually very important. Can we play in different ways? I think we've shown that. Since we took over last season, if we had a relatively fixed system of play, we still scored a lot of goals. This season, we're also scoring a lot of goals, and in many different ways.

So I think it's great that we can use different approaches to the game. We've done that in various ways this season. You always want as many different methods and weapons as possible. That's also the direction we need to continue working toward in the future.

Sometimes fans will ask, "What's our style?" For example, with Arsenal, people initially said they had a strong defense, then suddenly it became set pieces, and this season it's become open play. For you, is it as you said – is the Premier League so demanding that you must adapt and can't just have one identity?

To be honest, I quite like the fact that people can't pin down our style of play, because that means it's unpredictable. From an attacking perspective, we want to be unpredictable. We don't want people to be able to see through what we're going to do next, and we also don't want people to be able to identify what our main strength really is.

If we can do many things well and can attack from different areas in many different ways, then to me, that's a better team. Our attacking play has been strong since January, and we've scored many goals. So maintaining that unpredictability, I think, is a good thing.

Without question, this week has also been a difficult one for you, especially with media discussions surrounding young players like Leny Yoro and others. Regarding young players, whether at Manchester United or other clubs, do you feel this generation of young players is facing too much expectation too soon? Or is that just how football is?

It's hard to generalize. I think each person is an individual. For example, Shea Lacey – he recently started and scored. It was his first starting appearance. He's a very good lad, a great person. He always does the right things, wants to perform well, and wants to learn. He waited for his opportunity, and when it really came, he was ready and created every opportunity for himself to seize it.

This is the moment the academy system is all about, and that's why our entire academy system works so hard – to create moments like this. Football changes and evolves. Young players change, and older players change. Football is constantly changing and adapting, and that's part of the game.

Have you ever thought about a lad like Shea Lacey, born in Liverpool, kissing the Manchester United badge after scoring?

Yes, but Shea has been here for quite a long time. It's really wonderful to see a player so devoted and loving this football club so much. I think that's also part of the academy system. We constantly produce players like this, and the club always nurtures players like this. It's very important to us that we have as many academy players as possible come into the first team and stay in the first-team squad.

You announced the Nations League squad with Kobbie Mainoo and Marcus Rashford. Marcus made his debut when you were captain. What's different about the Marcus you first saw in training and Marcus now?

He's like any young person. When you're 16, 17, 18, 19 years old, you're very different from when you're 26, 27, 28, 29 – or you should be. You change, mature, develop, and learn. Experience is a wonderful thing. Of course, he has similar qualities, but he's developed and shaped his game. He's exploded, making a big impact in Manchester United's first team, scoring two goals in two matches in his first week, against Arsenal – sorry, against the host team. I've known Marcus for a long time, this club is a huge part of his life, and it's great to have him back.

(Note: Sky Sports presenter Roman Kemp is an Arsenal fan. In Premier League round 27 on February 28, 2016, Manchester United defeated Arsenal 3-2 at home, with 18-year-old Rashford scoring two goals and providing one assist.)

Finally, this Sunday against Fulham, Manchester United has a good record there. You remember the last time they lost was in December 2009, and you played in that match. You have a chance to make up for that loss. How does it feel to go there?

Really looking forward to it. As you said, it's a difficult match. I know they played very well against Liverpool last week and beat West Ham in the League Cup. Looking at their form and their matches, they probably should have more points. I enjoy going there, I really like that stadium.

This time you won't be playing center-back.

No, I haven't played center-back since then. But there are lots of great memories. It's another tough match, we're really looking forward to going there, looking forward to the toughest challenge, but very excited about it.

Great, thank you so much for the interview. Good luck.

Thank you very much.

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