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Michael Carrick has disclosed that Sir Jim Ratcliffe was delighted following Manchester United's triumph over Arsenal. Carrick was called for discussions with Ratcliffe in the Emirates Stadium tunnel after the Red Devils climbed into the top four with a 3-2 victory over the Gunners. Mikel Arteta's team opened the scoring just before the half-hour mark when Lisandro Martinez diverted the ball into his own net, but Bryan Mbeumo capitalised on a dreadful backpass from Martin Zubimendi to level matters before the interval.

Patrick Dorgu then put United in front, but Mikel Merino appeared to have salvaged a crucial point for the Gunners when he bundled the ball home from close range. However, Matheus Cunha had different plans, as his spectacular strike three minutes from time sealed all three points for his team. After the match, Carrick spoke with Ratcliffe, but when pressed about their conversation, he revealed little except confirming his boss was extremely pleased.

"No, not much as you would expect, I think," he told Viaplay. "There's a lot of happy bodies around the camp today and he's delighted as well. So it was nice to see him."

Peter Schmeichel then challenged the United manager by asking whether he had requested a meeting in his office today, to which a chuckling Carrick responded: "No, not yet, Peter. I think it is nice when you can have that feeling with a big win like this, you know, coming away from home.

"Last week was good for different reasons. This one is pretty special. Two good games - it's about what's next now and moving forward."

Looking back on the victory in the capital, Carrick remarked: "We understood the start of the game was going to be like that, as much as we tried to turn the momentum in our favour."

"I think we understood how the game was going to go and the flow of it. I thought we started to take the ball and connections through the pitch, had that composure and a few moments gaining a bit of confidence as well."

He then added: "We were having a decent spell and seemed to be coming into the game when they scored, which was disappointing. Again, we showed the character to come back and there were stages in the game where you have to defend.

"They make you defend the box really and it's challenging at times, but I thought we had enough in the game to keep believing in the confidence and I always fancied us to score.

"The goals were fantastic goals, some of the football was good and we looked dangerous at certain times. There's other times you have to defend. It was a performance with a bit of everything."