Carrick says Solskjaer 'is some man' over his reaction to him being named Man Utd boss

Michael Carrick tells what Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said to him after he was made the Manchester United coach until the end of the season.

The former Red Devils midfielder, captain and coach enjoyed a fine start to life as head coach by masterminding last weekend’s impressive 2-0 win over Manchester City.

United deserved to win by a greater scoreline and take the confidence from that surprise success to north London, where a clash with Premier League leaders Arsenal awaits on Sunday afternoon.

And ahead of the game, he said that Solskjaer had been "fully supportive".

Carrick told a press conference: "I spoke to him, we are close so, we've been through a lot together, he has been fully supportive as you'd expect, he's some man, and I respect him an awful lot. He wished us all the best and he was happy that we got the right result."

On whether Solskjaer has given him advice he continued: "Friendships, you have conversations I've got a lot of friends in places that I can pick on if need be, I'm not one who bothers a lot of people to be honest, but he's certainly there if I need him."

Carrick says the preparation has been good for the Arsenal game. “It’s been a good week,” Carrick said. “It was a big result, a big performance and a big uplift, you know, with the feeling inside the stadium.

“It’s getting that balance between taking the encouragement and the confidence from the game itself and the performance and keeping level-headed and the feet on the ground.

“We’ve got another big game coming up and one game doesn’t make you a great team, it gives us a great foundation to build on.

“There’s a lot of confidence, a lot of good feeling within the group but measured with that, and we know what’s coming and we’ve got to be ready for it.”

Arsenal are top of the table and have been difficult opponents recently for United. Mikel Arteta’s side have beaten United in their last four Premier League meetings at the Emirates Stadium and edged a 1-0 win at Old Trafford on the opening weekend of the season.