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Michael Carrick says Manchester United will turn dominance into victories

Manchester United's Spanish midfielder Juan Mata (R) celebrates scoring his team's first goal with Manchester United's English striker Wayne Rooney during
Image: Juan Mata (right) celebrates scoring Manchester United's goal against Arsenal

Michael Carrick says there are "no problems to solve" at Manchester United and insists they will soon turn dominance into victories.

Jose Mourinho's side started the season with three straight victories, but they have won just two of the next nine and were held to their third successive home draw - the first such run since 1992 - on Saturday by Arsenal.

Olivier Giroud's 89th-minute header was Arsenal's only effort on target in the whole game, cancelling out Juan Mata's strike which had given Manchester United a deserved lead. 

Arsenal's French striker Olivier Giroud (2L) celebrates scoring his team's first goal with Arsenal's English midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (2R), Arsen
Image: Arsenal celebrate Olivier Giroud's equaliser

Mourinho claims his side are the unluckiest in the league and Carrick, captaining the side with Wayne Rooney starting on the bench, believes United are not far off from things turning.

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Man Utd 1-1 Arsenal

"Any game you look to take positives from - you have to, you have to go away and take something," the midfielder told MUTV.

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Jose Mourinho hailed Man United's 'phenomenal' defensive display in their 1-1 draw with Arsenal

"But it is a lot sort of easier to deal with a result like that when you know you've played well, you've done everything you can and you deserve to win.

"I think the problem is when you come away and it hasn't gone to plan and you think we could have been so much better, we should have been so much better and there's problems there we need to solve.

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"I don't really see problems we need to solve. I think, of course, the results aren't (ideal) and that's the major thing, but playing like that more often than not we are going to win games.

"I am sure that will happen between now and the end of the season."

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