Carrick blamed himself for the Champions League final defeat, after he gave the ball away in the build-up to Barca's opening goal. Yet his 34 England caps were less than a third of those won by Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard. Sir Alex Ferguson felt Carrick was better than both, saying he failed to be recognised because he did not have the same public profile and was on the shy side. Following Lampard and GerrardIronically, Carrick is in the slipstream of Lampard and Gerrard once more. How long it takes I don't know but you should never be satisfied at Manchester United."

Source: BBC October 12, 2018 12:44 UTC