Boro “won’t be taking anything for granted” after impressive Leeds win says Carrick
Middlesbrough Head Coach Michael Carrick was adamant that his side will not rest on their laurels after their win against Leeds United in the League Cup, as they now prepare to face Derby County in the Championship. Carrick also spoke on his squad’s depth, and whether the victory at Elland Road sent out a statement to their rivals. Daniel Wales reports.
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00:00A beaming Michael Carrick was evidently satisfied with his side's display in the first round
00:06of the League Cup on Wednesday evening, as he met the media ahead of Borough's league
00:10fixture away at Derby County on Saturday.
00:14At Elland Road, a scintillating second-half performance saw Borough put leads to the sword,
00:21with three well-worked goals in the space of 17 minutes, but was this Borough's best
00:26outing to date under Michael Carrick?
00:56The comprehensive win against a strong lead side will have made other teams sit up and
01:05take notice in the championship, despite the tie coming in the League Cup. Carrick recognised
01:11this and was happy to embrace it.
01:13If you're going to be successful, you're out there, you've got to perform and you've got to win,
01:18so that doesn't bother me at all. In terms of a statement, it's more for ourselves really,
01:25and the boys taking the belief and the confidence and rolling with that and using the momentum.
01:31It's all about us, it's all about controlling ourselves really and taking that from game to game.
01:37But certainly if you're winning games and you're on that radar for everybody,
01:41it's the place you really want to be.
01:43The trip to Derby sees Borough come up against a newly promoted side in a game which the
01:48Teesiders would be expected to pick up a result, but Carrick was quick to outline that his side
01:53would not rest on their laurels after the Leeds win.
01:56There's no way we'd be thinking about Wednesday night, come Saturday morning,
02:00it's done and dusted. We'll take the good feelings and the positivity from it,
02:04but certainly this is a whole different ball game, a whole new game, football,
02:07different type, different style, different challenge, so
02:11we won't be taking anything for granted, that's for sure.
02:15What was encouraging for Middlesbrough was that their three goalscorers against Leeds
02:19had all been on the bench against Swansea. This highlighted the squad's depth according to Carrick,
02:24who was keen to point out that picking the team week on week going forward
02:28would not be an easy task for him and his coaching staff.
02:33Yeah, we feel that, without doubt, and I think the boys have showed that many times,
02:39and I said it before the game, when I was interviewing before the game,
02:44in terms of it's very tough to pick a strongest team, and I think it'll be like that through the
02:49season in terms of players coming in and sharing the load as the season goes,
02:55and I thought that was a real example of that.