It's not the only game he's disappeared in, like I said earlier, he does it in every big game. He's a bottler against decent opposition because he doesn't have the skills to go head to head against truly quality players. He's fine against the Stokes of this world, but that's not the mark of a good player now is it? Like I said before, Manchester United don't always have quality players in their side. Just because you play for Manchester United does not mean you are a great player, it simply means you play for a great football side. Carrick has done nothing to earn the quality tag IMO.
Huddlestone would play just infront of the defence in the Carsley role; protecting the defence by stopping the opposition before they get to attack our defenders, breaking up attacks and starting our own.