Carrick says keeping clean sheets is helping the cause greatly and praised his players for absorbing what has been asked of them. There's still things to improve on, it's definitely something we've focused on, trying to be better as a team collectively when we don't have the ball." He says West Ham's lowly position means they will be "fighting" but he stated: "So are we. But you've still got to allow yourself to feel the little bits and waves of emotion with it. The caretaker boss says he has a "really good relationship" with captain Bruno Fernandes, who has stated he thinks Carrick will go on to be a great manager.

Source: BBC February 09, 2026 17:52 UTC