Speaking to Sky Blue Player after the game, Carsley said: "It probably wasn't a great performance to be fair but I thought we did more than enought to win the game and I thought we deserved it.
"We needed to try and get an early goal as much as we could but after 20 minutes, despite how well we played, we had nothing to show for it so when the game is at 0-0 the opposition is always in with a chance."
"It was a great goal by Michael though. We've been working in training on getting the midfield more involved when attacking so to see him get his goal was great."