“Massive disappointment”: frustrated Fletcher pinpoints United’s failings in Burnley draw

Manchester United had Darren Fletcher in the dugout for his first game as interim head coach when they travelled to Burnley. The match ended 2-2 despite United dominating for the majority – the formation was different to the recently-sacked Ruben Amorim’s 3-4-2-1, but the outcome was much the same. “Massive disappointment” Unsurprisingly, Fletcher was somewhat crestfallen after the game. Speaking to BBC Match of the Day he said: “For me the fact we have drawn is a massive disappointment. “If you look at the context of the game, the chances we created, goal-line clearances, a disallowed goal, 30 shots, lots of attacking play. We created more than enough to win the game so obviously it is disappointing when you only come away with a point.” It was an incredibly dominant display from the Red Devils, who were boosted by striker Benjamin Sesko finding the net twice to double his tally since joining the club in the summer. Sesko positivity Fletcher expanded on Sesko’s success, saying: “I was so happy for him”. He continued: “I spoke to him yesterday and we presented a video showing his movement and showing his goals, just showing how it is coming and he needs to keep believing and the players need to get more service to him. “He did that tonight and scored two great goals. A real positive night for Ben.” Sesko spearheaded United’s bombardment of the Burnley goal, and this didn’t go unnoticed by the interim head coach: “He had other opportunities, a header, another snapshot. The team is disappointed with a point but in terms of a personal level hopefully he can kick on from that now.” Disallowed goal United looked to have bagged an equaliser through Lisandro Martinez in the first half, but it was ruled out due to a foul on Kyle Walker. Fletcher was underwhelmed. He said: “It just looked like normal things that happen at every corner so it’s surprising that decision was given. “If you look at the context of the Premier League this season and the physicality that goes into set pieces, I have seen way worse on almost every set piece, so I am massively surprised the referee has got involved there, it’s something we have to accept but there was a lot of frustration.” Featured image Carl Recine via Getty Images The Peoples Person has been one of the world’s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social Joe Ponting Joe has spent more than half his life writing about football and all of it following United. As a child he told a doctor his name was ‘Paul Scholes’, but could never pick a pass like him no matter how much he tried. He cut his teeth working in print media for local newspapers and entered football journalism covering the grassroots game for the Non-League Paper. Here he achieved a career high, interviewing United legend Sir Bobby Charlton to get his views on the lower echelons of the football pyramid. To kill time during international breaks Joe writes album reviews and has strong views on post punk for Plus One Magazine.