Paul Scholes has addressed his recent criticism of Michael Carrick and says comments made about Manchester United's interim manager have been interpreted in the wrong context.
The ex-Man Utd midfielder criticised recent performance levels, despite United winning six of their last eight games.
Speaking on The Good, The Bad And The Football, Scholes explained: "It was in no way intended to be offensive towards Michael. Michael is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. He would be the last person that I would want to offend.
"I messaged Michael anyway, I said look, I was never intending to upset you and I don't think I needed to say that and he told me himself he wasn't upset by it. I think people have just taken it differently from what was meant.
"The only thing I was saying was, that I don't think they played that well the last four games and they are still managing to get results.
"We had the greatest manager in the world and he always said, sometimes you need a bit of luck. So with sending offs and different things that happen through games, sometimes you do need a bit of luck, that's all I was saying."
