Michael Carrick admitted frustration after Manchester United's 1-1 draw at Aston Villa.

Carrick insisted the draw, which left United seven points behind joint leaders Chelsea and Manchester City and third in the Barclays Premier League, was not enough.

"We came here to win so we feel we let two points go. We controlled the first half and went a goal down from nothing," Carrick told MUTV.

"We didn't create enough around their box to be a real threat. The second half was better and we felt we could go on and win it but the final cross didn't really go for us.

"We felt we were in control of the game. When they went to 10 men we didn't make the most of it. We tried things which maybe weren't on so that's a bit frustrating as we had the opportunity to put them under pressure.

"We would hope for more but we didn't lose, we took a point and hopefully we can carry it on over Christmas and be stronger when we come out the other side in January."