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Man Utd played the first 3 matches of the Premier League season: lost 0-2 to Hull City, won 5-2 to Ipswich Town and drew 2-2 with Everton, total 4 points, ranked 11th.
Carrick: 'Man Utd drew with Everton but felt like losing'
Coach Michael Carrick was disappointed when Man Utd took the lead twice but was still equalized 2-2 by Everton in the 96th minute in the third round of the Premier League.
At Hill Dickinson Stadium on September 6, Man Utd took the lead with a solo goal from Bryan Mbeumo and then Everton equalized the score thanks to Tyrique George's kick into the roof of the net. The "Red Devils" thought they would win all three points thanks to a header from substitute striker Benjamin Sesko in the 88th minute. However, in the sixth minute of injury, Maitland-Niles - in his Everton debut - jumped up from the second line and shot the ball to the top corner, leaving goalkeeper Senne Lammens rooted to the spot and sealing the draw.
"We're disappointed," Carrick said after the match. "Twice the team was very close to winning but ended up leaving like that. It felt like the team had just received a defeat, even though we clearly still had a point. Man Utd should have won more."
The English coach highly appreciated the performance of the attackers, although he admitted that Man Utd should have scored two more goals. But he also said that Everton's two goals came from excellent shots and it is difficult for Man Utd to often receive such goals.
This is only the second time in the past 50 years that Man Utd has conceded two or more goals in the first three rounds of a season, after the 2020-2021 season. In the previous two matches, Man Utd lost 0-2 to Hull City and won 5-2 to Ipswich Town.
Through the first three rounds, Man Utd won one, drew one, lost one and is currently ranked 11th with 4 points. However, Carrick disagrees with the statement that Man Utd started the season poorly. "Not bad at all," he said. "Today we were just a little away from winning. That's football. There were moments we could have handled better, but the team was fine."
Man Utd will meet Sabah of Azerbaijan in the first round of the Champions League classification round on September 10 and then face Man City in the fourth round of the Premier League at the weekend. "The next two matches will be different," Carrick emphasized. "There were a lot of positive things for us to build on today. We took good things from the matches against Hull, Ipswich and today. At the same time, there are still areas to improve."
Similarly, Sesko was disappointed that Man Utd could not preserve the victory. "Conceding in such a way at the last minute is painful, because the whole team tried their best to win three points," he said. "In moments like this, when one final shot decides everything, it feels really painful."
However, the Slovenian striker still tried to look at the positive points after the draw. He is satisfied with returning to play with Man Utd, and believes that scoring goals and contributing points is his mission. Sesko called on the whole team to quickly put aside the results, learn from the bad things and look forward to the next match.
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