Redknapp calls for Carrick improvement

Jamie Redknapp believes that Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick needs to shape up in front of goal.

The Red Devils playmaker scored in the Premier League champions' 2-0 win over Queens Park Rangers on Sunday.

Despite Carrick clinching the winner for Sir Alex Ferguson's side, the ex-Liverpool player believes that the 30-year-old hasn't been "good enough" in terms of goal threat.

"It was [Carrick's] first goal for 70 games," Redknapp wrote in the Daily Mail. "I know Michael, I think he is a smashing footballer, but that isn't good enough.

"I know he's the holding player for United, but he can play with both feet, hits a ball cleanly and sweetly and should be scoring 10 goals a season."

United went to the top of the table briefly following their win at Loftus Road, but were knocked back down to second when Manchester City defeated Arsenal yesterday.