Harry Maguire praises Michael Carrick for turning Manchester United's season around

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]United[/a] sacked previous coach [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/amorim-ruben/EiIHi8vU/"]Ruben ‌Amorim[/a] in January after a turbulent 14-month spell at ‌the helm that saw the United players struggle to ‌get to grips with his tactics, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/maguire-harry/xG8v3YRA/"]Maguire[/a] credited his successor [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/carrick-michael/phM8NElP/"]Carrick[/a] with restoring the team's confidence and getting them ‌back to winning ways.[/p][p][b]"We had two tough ⁠fixtures when Michael first ‌come in, and I think everyone was probably looking at ​them thinking 'oh no', with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]Man City[/a], and we managed to get the six points,"[/b] ​Maguire told Sky Sports after setting up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/casemiro/Ukeq3c0b/"]Casemiro[/a] for the first goal against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brentford/xYe7DwID/"]Brentford[/a].[/p][p]"Everyone's believed in it, and ⁠we've gathered together. ​We've got the confidence. We know that we can score goals from anywhere."[/p][embed guid="c65446d0-b204-4598-a646-a9eb02c306df" url="https://x.com/premierleague/status/2048876972156105014" social-type="twitter" /][p]Third-placed United looked comfortable as they cruised to a win that moved them to 61 points ‌in the standings, 11 ahead of sixth-placed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brighton/2XrRecc3/"]Brighton[/a] with four games left to play and five teams qualifying for next season's Champions League.[/p][p]United have won nine of their 13 games under Carrick, paving the way for a return to Europe's biggest club competition.[/p][p][b]"The results speak for themselves - since the manager has come in, and the formation has changed, we just ‌seemed to pick up results. I think that the ​games previous, when Ruben was here, the games were ‌fifty-fifty, but we always ended up on the back of a defeat," [/b]Maguire explained.[/p][p]"Now it seems like it's the other way around, where we're a lot better in both boxes. We defend our ⁠box a lot better, ⁠and we're managing to ‌be clinical in the other box."[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/brentford-xYe7DwID/manchester-utd-ppjDR086/?mid=tQzy4f9T"]Check out the match stats from Man United's win against Brentford[/a][/b].[/p]