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Manchester United boss Michael Carrick on trying to live up to Sir Alex Ferguson’s standards and the difficulties of sustaining success ahead of their Premier League clash with Aston Villa
Carrington, Manchester, UK

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00:01Michael, we were talking about Sir Alex before and obviously you were a huge part of the success
00:05that he had as a manager here. How difficult do you think it is for the modern Manchester
00:09United to live up to those standards? There was a lot of winning, a lot of trophies
00:15and a lot of success. It's difficult to bring success. It was difficult then, it's difficult
00:21now. It takes a lot to bring that into play and it just shows you how tough it is
00:28to have sustained success, never mind moments of success. Again, we've got to live in the
00:37moment. We know what we've got to do and what we've got to point to it to bring success week
00:43to week in games and then things fall into place. If we do that enough, then you'll bring
00:51a bigger version of it. The thing is though, that version is so big and times have changed
00:56like you said before. To be judged by those standards, to be held to those standards,
01:02even looking at the way some of your former teammates and friends speak now who had the
01:06same experience as a player as you did. How impossible is it for everyone here to be able
01:11to be held to those standards? It's not impossible. Anything's possible.
01:20You've got to build. You've got to build. You've got to be realistic. You've got to put things in
01:23perspective as well. The recent history that we've had and where we want to get to, it's not going to
01:31happen in a blink of an eye. It's not going to happen overnight. Success does take time and we don't
01:37like having to spend time but it does take a period of time to build. We showed a really quick
01:43response and
01:43improved a lot last season. It shows what is possible but again, sustaining it is the key.
01:52Consistency is the key. There's no other way of doing it. There's no shortcuts to it.
01:57In the end, that's where you get to but it's definitely possible.
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