Manajan Manchester United Michael Carrick ya bayyana cewa dawowar kungiyarsa zuwa UEFA Champions League ba tafiya ta jin daɗi ba ce — kulob ɗin ya dawo don yin gogayya ta gaske don babbar kyautar Turai.

United za su karɓi gasar Azerbaijan Sabah a Old Trafford a wannan mako, wanda ke nuna ƙarshen rasa kwanaki 1,003 daga gasar. Yana magana da shafin yanar gizon hukuma na kulob ɗin, Carrick ya kasance mai ƙarfi: ƙungiyarsa ta zo don gogayya, ba don shiga kawai ba.

Bayan fuskantar abokan hamayyar matakin farko a lokacin mulkinsa, Carrick ya yi imani cewa zurfi da ingancin ƙungiyar na iya kai United zuwa matakai na gaba a zagayen knock-out.

"Gasar ce ta ban mamaki. Wannan shine inda muke son mu kasance duka. Lokacin da kake waje da ita, kana gane yadda ta musamman take, kuma lokacin da kake cikinta, kana son cin gajiyar ta sosai," in ji Carrick.

Duk da haka, jadawalin cunkoso ya wakilci kalubale na gaggawa. United za su buga Alhamis, Lahadi, da Laraba — jerin wasanni da Carrick ya yi niyyar sarrafa su ta hanyar amincewa da dukkan 'yan wasan da za su iya buga.

Ana ƙara matsiyaci saboda derby na Premier League da Manchester City an shirya shi ranar Lahadi, kwanaki kaɗan bayan fara matakin gasar. Carrick ya yarda cewa farawa a Alhamis ba abu ne mai kyau ba, amma yana ganinsa a matsayin wani ɓangare na buƙatun ƙwallon ƙafa na matakin koli.

"Muna farin cikin kasancewa nan, amma ba mu zo don jin daɗin lokacin kawai ba. Mun zo don yin aiki da tafiya nesa gwargwado," ya ƙara da haka.