Carrick: I’m immensely proud of the players

ANGER AT PENALTY DECISION

“I don’t think it was a penalty, no. I don’t think it was a penalty at all. I don’t know what my opinion counts now, to be honest. I don’t think it was a penalty. I think they’ve obviously had a lot of play, had a lot of shots, David’s had two saves, which I kind of knew before the game at some point he’s gonna have to make one or two for us. But other than that, I felt quite comfortable in the game, I have to say.

“Of course we want to be better in terms of having the ball and possession and I’m not getting carried away saying it was a fantastic performance but I thought we defended ever so well. I thought the atitude was absolutely top from the boys, putting bodies on the line when we had to, sticking together, tracking back, we’ve obviously got to do the other side a bit better but I cannot fault the boys one bit from today.”

WE WANTED MORE ON THE BREAK

“We came here to take more of the ball, we came here to put our foot on the ball, but yeah, of course, I understood what the game was going to bring and, yeah, probably in some ways it panned out that way. I wanted us to be a bit more dangerous on the break and have a few more moments than we did but it’s a good Chelsea team, they’re playing well, they’re on a great run of results, so to come away disappointed and feel that we’ve left something out there is, in some ways, is a positive, you know.”