'Big moment' - Michael Carrick hails Manchester United's 'special' late win over Fulham in Premier League

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There was drama at Old Trafford as Benjamin Sesko scored a late winner moments after Kevin appeared to have earned Fulham a point against Manchester United. The Red Devils had led 2-0 thanks to goals from Casemiro and Matheus Cunha, but Raul Jimenez netted from the spot before Kevin's equaliser. Michael Carrick praised his team's perseverance having recorded a third straight win.

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Michael Carrick described Manchester United's late winner against Fulham in the Premier League as a "big moment".

The Red Devils looked to have dropped two points when Fulham's Kevin made it 2-2 in added time at Old Trafford.

But striker Benjamin Sesko was on hand moments later to give United a dramatic victory and move them back into the top four.

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"There's a lot that went on today in the game," Carrick, who has now won three successive matches since taking over from Ruben Amorim as interim head coach, told BBC Match of the Day.

"I was well aware of what a good team Fulham are going into the game. I was getting questions thrown at me about teams sitting back here, but I knew it was never going to be like that today.

"They are a good team, I knew we were going to have to answer a lot of questions and we did that for a lot of it. The boys put in a big effort and they were really desperate to win the game.

"Similar to last week, to go ahead to then be pegged back to then go again is so delightful.

"For Ben [Sesko] to come on and have a moment like that is huge. It was nice for him to get his moment in front of the Stretford End. There's not a better place to score a winner like that.

"It's a big moment for everyone. You could tell that in the way everyone celebrated from the staff to the supporters. It was one of those special ones."

Sesko was the hero for United, despite missing a chance with United 2-0 up that might have put the game to bed.

"That's life as a striker, not that I know much about it," Carrick added. "You have to be in there to take the chances and sometimes you miss the chances, but we have done a lot of good work in the past few weeks.

"The coaches have done a lot with Ben [Sesko] and having the character to come on, miss one and score one shows he kept calm.

"It was a fantastic finish, one that mattered even more and had even bigger emotion to it, so he will remember that for some time."

After high-profile wins over Manchester City and Arsenal in his previous two games, Fulham presented a different challenge for Carrick's United. But the interim boss insisted the latest victory was no less significant.

"This was a big game for us," he said. "They are a good team and they are close behind us in the league.

"I think this 'big game' thing is all part of the narrative. Every game is a big game and we have to treat it like that.

"Next week we move on, but today was a tough one. It was even tougher because everyone expected that going into the game it would be different.

"But we didn't, we got our players mentality and physically right and we got there in the end."

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