Carrick expected tough game

Wayne Rooney scored two second-half penalties but United also had Nemanja Vidic sent off as both sides ended the game with 10 players. "We expected it to be hard," Carrick told Sky Sports 4. "We knew it was going to be tough, we had to be patient and in the end we came through. "You go into the game expecting a tough game and anything else is a bonus." Carrick claimed the sending-off of Vidic was not clear-cut. He said: "It was a dubious sending-off at best really and we're disappointed with that."