Darren Fletcher confirms he will be in charge of Man Utd against Brighton

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Darren Fletcher confirmed he had been asked to take charge of Manchester United for their FA Cup match against Brighton after beginning his reign as interim boss with a 2-2 draw at Burnley.The former United midfielder was asked to step in following Ruben Amorim’s sacking earlier this week.Fans sang the names of both Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Michael Carrick – the two leading contenders to take charge for the rest of the season – at Turf Moor.

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00:00I have, they've informed me they'd like me to take the team for Sunday.

00:08There was a feeling that might have been the case from Monday,

00:13but we wanted to focus on Burnley.

00:15I'm tasked with leading the team on Sunday,

00:18so all my focus and energy goes to that now.

00:20I thought they put in a performance that should win the match.

00:25I think we created a lot of chances.

00:26I think we had 30 shots, goal line clearances,

00:31a disallowed goal for, I'm not sure why, from Martínez Fáil.

00:35So if you look at it in that context, in terms of the shots and the domination that we had in the game,

00:40we should win the match, so I'm pleased with that.

00:43There was lots of good things, it wasn't perfect.

00:45I thought we started slow, I thought we improved as the first half went on

00:48and actually challenged the players at half-time.

00:50I think they had more levels in them and I think they produced that at the start of the second half

00:54and scored two fantastic goals.

00:56So still lots to work on, but I was really pleased with their efforts

01:00and how they tried to implement what we'd asked for them with very limited time to prepare.

01:07Dr.

01:08Thank you very much.

01:10Thank you very much.

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