{"id":42670,"date":"2026-02-11T04:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/unbelievable-michael-carrick-praises-manchester-united-star\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T04:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:01:16","slug":"unbelievable-michael-carrick-praises-manchester-united-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/unbelievable-michael-carrick-praises-manchester-united-star\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Unbelievable&#8217; Michael Carrick praises Manchester United star"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/unbelievable-michael-carrick-praises-manchester-united-star\/#Michael_Carrick_talks_about_Benjamin_Sescos_goal\" >Michael Carrick talks about Benjamin Sesco&#8217;s goal<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/unbelievable-michael-carrick-praises-manchester-united-star\/#Benjamin_Sescos_first_season_at_Man_United_so_far\" >Benjamin Sesco&#8217;s first season at Man United so far<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Benjamin Sesco celebrates with Bruno Fernandes (Photo: James Fearn, Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester United striker Benjamin Sesco received huge praise from caretaker manager Michael Carrick after scoring a stunning equalizer against West Ham.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Slovenian international wasn&#8217;t always that convincing in his first season at Manchester United, but he showed his quality with a sublime finish to snatch a draw late last night.<\/p>\n<p>Check out some great angles of Sesco&#8217;s finish below. Carrick earned praise after the match when he talked about this finish&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Michael_Carrick_talks_about_Benjamin_Sescos_goal\"><\/span>Michael Carrick talks about Benjamin Sesco&#8217;s goal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;It was an unbelievable finish, creating that much power from that angle. This was a goal by him,&#8221; Carrick was quoted as saying by the Metro newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He can do it, Ben. He&#8217;s done it over time. He didn&#8217;t just come onto the scene all of a sudden. He&#8217;s been doing it and proving he can score goals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s been doing that in our training, so it&#8217;s not surprising to be honest. That&#8217;s what he&#8217;s supposed to do and what he&#8217;s good at.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat last goal would have given him a good life and tonight was another important goal and a big moment for him and for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benjamin Sesco scores in Manchester United vs. West Ham (Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Benjamin_Sescos_first_season_at_Man_United_so_far\"><\/span>Benjamin Sesco&#8217;s first season at Man United so far<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Sesco appeared in 87 games and scored 39 goals in two seasons with his former club RB Leipzig, and was seen as a promising prospect.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old has been a bit slow to hit the ground running at Old Trafford, but has now scored seven goals in 23 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>This includes scoring five goals in their last six games, and Sesco has produced goods that have helped improve MUFC&#8217;s overall form.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the worst start for Sesco, who is still young, developing as a player and adjusting to playing in a new league, even if United fans expect more in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Sesco celebrates with Bruno Fernandes (Photo: James Fearn, Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images) Manchester United striker Benjamin Sesco received huge praise from caretaker manager Michael Carrick after scoring a stunning equalizer against West Ham. The Slovenian international wasn&#8217;t always that convincing in his first season at Manchester United, but he showed his quality with a sublime [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-42670","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}