Carrick cautious after Mason Mount exits early in PSG friendly in Gothenburg

Manchester United manager Michael Carrick said he was being cautious after Mason Mount was forced off inside 20 minutes of Saturday's 1-1 pre-season friendly with Paris St Germain in Gothenburg. Mount left the match after appearing to suffer a foot injury following a challenge.

Mount, 27, was replaced by Tyler Fletcher and has played sparingly due to various injuries since joining the club from Chelsea in 2023. Carrick told reporters, "He got kicked." He added, "We just wanted to be careful and look after him. We've been lucky with injuries so far, so we wanted to be careful."

United fell behind inside two minutes when Ibrahim Mbaye opened the scoring for PSG, but Bryan Mbeumo levelled before halftime to secure a 1-1 draw for Carrick's side.

Carrick said he was encouraged by his team's display against the French champions. "The things that we were trying to get out of the game, a lot of it was there," the 45-year-old told the club's television channel.

He expanded on that assessment in full: "It's good sometimes that the boys have to problem-solve and find their way a little bit. We don't want to always give them the answers, when we don't have to. It prepares them a little bit for the season as well. In that respect, there are a lot of things people don't always see that we were quite happy with. There were some good signs there."

United's pre-season schedule includes friendlies against Leeds United and AC Milan before they begin their Premier League campaign against promoted Hull City on August 22.