Manchester United 2 vs Manchester City 0
B Mbeumo (65′), P Dorgu (76′)
Premier League
12:30pm, Saturday 17th January 2026
Old Trafford, Attendance: 74,004

Michael Carrick : “Today was special. Putting things together quickly and trying to put an imprint on the team. Gathering together and emotionally getting attached to what we want to do. I felt that was unbelievable from the staff and the players.

“I am not getting carried away. It is one result, but it needs to be a regular feeling with that level of performance.”

“For so many reasons, today was special. But it’s one game and it’s really important we don’t get carried away. We need to maintain that level of performance. It’s a great day and a fantastic results. We’ll soak it up and enjoy, but it’s definitely not enough. It’s never enough.”

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Manchester United 1 vs Brighton and Hove Albion 2
B Sesko (85′), S Lacey (sent off 89′)
B Gruda (12′), D Welbeck (64′)
The FA Cup Third Round
4:30pm, Sunday 11th January 2026
Old Trafford

Darren Fletcher : “You can see that the players are fragile and they need to build themselves up. It’s up to them now, they’ve got to respond.

“Confidence is one of the most powerful things in football and when you don’t have it, you have to dig deep, you have to win, battle, fight, grind, work, win games and then the confidence comes back.

“They’re experiened players, they’re talented players and I challenge them to regroup. Someone is going to come in and lead them and they need to make sure they’ve got a lot to play for this season.

“This team is still good enough to have success this season, but they’ve got to dig deep and find a way within themselves.”

Last game? “This is what I’ve been asked to do so I’ve not had any discussions beyond that. I did the job this week and we have to concentrate on the game. All the discussions around that will unfold in the next couple of days.”

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Burnley 2 vs Manchester United 2
A Heaven (13’ og), J Anthony (66′)
B Sesko (50′, 60′)
Premier League
8:15pm, Wednesday 7th January 2026
Turf Moor, Attendance : 21,047

Darren Fletcher : “I sat down with him yesterday and showed him videos of his movement and how the opportunities are going to come, to just keep believing, keep making the runs.

“The rest of the team have to look for him more as well. And like with all strikers, once you get that first goal, you hit the back of the net, it builds your confidence and hopefully it starts flowing for him from there.

“Everyone can see his qualities, I thought he was fantastic tonight, he led the line really well and maybe he could have gone on and had a hat-trick as well.

“It’s a real positive night for him and definitely probably the biggest positive for the night really, his two goals, and hopefully that’s good for Manchester United’s future.”

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