“I had a feeling from Monday that it might happen, but I wanted to focus on Burnley, but yeah, I have the task of leading the team on Sunday, so all my focus and energy is now on that.”
Fletcher expressed satisfaction with the response of his players during the tumultuous period at Burnley, despite seeing his team in East Lancashire. United performed better, making 30 attempts compared to Burnley’s seven.
“I think they put in a performance that should have won the game,” Fletcher added. “I think they created a lot of chances, I think they had 30 shots, some goal-line clearances, some goals that were canceled, but I don’t know why.
“So, when you look at it in that context, in terms of our shots and our dominance in this game, we should have won the game, so I’m happy with that. There were a lot of good things, but it wasn’t perfect. I thought we got off to a slow start.”
“We improved as the first half went on and we really challenged the players at half-time. I think they raised their level even more and I think they showed that at the start of the second half and scored two great goals.”
“We still have a lot of work to do, but I’m really pleased with their efforts and how they’re trying to do what we asked them to do with very limited preparation time.”
