A delighted Michael Carrick praised how Manchester United bounced back from the opening-weekend defeat at Hull with their 5-2 rout of Ipswich. Bruno Fernandes’s hat-trick, scored in the 40th, 61st and 68th minutes, ensured United’s comeback win after Leif Davis’s opener. A Jacob Greaves own goal after 56 minutes and Bryan Mbeumo’s 82nd-minute strike completed the home scoring, Chuka Akpom’s added-time finish giving Ipswich their second.
This was the first time United had scored five in the Premier League since the opening day of the 2021-22 season, a 5-1 home win over Leeds that also included a Fernandes hat-trick. Carrick was delighted by the manner of United’s reaction to last week’s disappointing 2-0 defeat at Hull. The ups and downs,” said the manager.
You’ve got to deal with setbacks, whether that’s momentum in the game, whether that’s a goal, whether that’s losing a game or a run of games, whatever it may be. You’ve got to deal with the setback. But showing stubbornness, belief, confidence, and togetherness the boys showed at that stage – in a small part, because we’re so early in the season – I think that was really pleasing for me.
The way they bounced back, that’s probably the biggest thing to take. There’s a lot of highlights, but that mentality was what we really relied on today.” Of Fernandes, who has led the side since January 2020, Carrick said: “He means a lot to us. He’s the captain, he’s been here for a good number of years now.
He’s experienced a whole load of different emotions, different things. He’s got a lot of experience to pass on and show them the way a little bit, and lead by example, help in different moments. He said: “It was a massive result.
We lost three points last week. First game at home, the fans have been waiting for this. It’s not to make up for last week, you can’t get six points from it.
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