Man Utd take on Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday and Michael Carrick explained his team selection.
Michael Carrick has opened up on his decision to name Benjamin Sesko in his starting XI for the first time since his Manchester United interim appointment. Sesko scored from the bench against Everton on Monday to net his sixth goal in seven games.
The 22-year-old is the most in-form striker in the Premier League, but had not been given a start by Carrick until today.
“It’s really not a drama,” Carrick said about the ongoing Sesko selection debate during his press conference on Friday. However, the 44-year-old has named Sesko in his starting line-up for the first time in his tenure against Crystal Palace, naming Amad on the bench to accommodate the Slovenia international.
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Explaining the decision to start Sesko, Carrick told Sky Sports: “There are different reasons. I think as a team we’ve been playing well, attacking-wise we’ve been playing well.
“Ben’s been a good sport and he’s had a good feeling, building that belief and confidence, so I’m looking forward to seeing him today. Amad’s a great option for us to finish the game. We’re fortunate enough to have a forward line where we can be quite flexible, so it’s great to have those options.”
He added: “Every game from now on is going to be significant so it doesn’t really change one weekend to the next. There’s going to be maybe ups and downs. It’s something we’ve got to manage.
“Today is a tough game, they are a good team, really well organised, difficult to play against, so we’ve got to be ready for that.”
Adding on Palace, Carrick said: “They’re a good team. History is what it is, it’s not something we look too much into. I never really have done. But we know they are a good team, as I said, they’re going to be difficult to play against. So we will have to be at our best to get what we want from the game.”
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