Manchester United ace Paul Pogba credited Michael Carrick’s influence for his brace in victory at Manchester City.

When Thierry Henry asked him what sparked his improvement, after a poor opening 45 minutes, he named his 36-year-old team-mate who hangs up his boots at the end of the season.

Pogba said: “I didn’t want to lose against City, the loss from last season is still in my mind.

“If they won they are champions, for all the fans it would be like death.

“To lose against City and to see them celebrate, I couldn’t let that happen. At half time in the dressing room we said we have nothing to lose, 2-0 let’s make it.

“First of all we knew we had to score goals, we were losing 2-0.

“With City they love to attack, they don’t like to defend, so I had to get more in the box, I knew I had Nemanja Matic behind me and Ander Herrera with me.

“For the goal I didn’t think about anything, with Alexis Sanchez he likes to play direct, I saw the space and just went, I was lucky Kompany wasn’t tight enough.

“I was relieved, because at 2-0 after you score your confidence goes up.

“Michael Carrick has helped me a lot with these late runs, he always shows me videos of what I should be doing.”

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