00:02How did Manchester United get out of this?
00:06First of all, I have to apologise to the supporters.
00:09I went over to the end.
00:11I care about this football club as much as anyone, if not more,
00:17the position that I'm in and what I value this football club.
00:22For us to play in that way is not acceptable.
00:27It wasn't a good performance at all.
00:29We wanted to build on what we brought to Leeds
00:32in the performance that we had at Leeds.
00:36That bit of intensity, that spirit, that aggression,
00:40that real willingness to give everything.
00:46Tonight was the totally opposite of a performance, I have to say.
00:50It was tough to watch.
00:55Evening, Michael.
00:56I appreciate what you're saying, but how do you explain a performance live,
01:00as you mentioned, feeling like Sunday was a fresh start?
01:03I mean, when you're watching that on the touchline,
01:05what's going through your mind?
01:06Because it's quite clear...
01:07Yeah, there's a lot going through my mind, I have to say, watching that.
01:12Genuinely, it's difficult to understand how it can be so different.
01:19It shouldn't be like that.
01:20We can all play well, we can all have poor performances,
01:23but to do it in that manner is really not right at all.
01:30Michael, you were at Watford when Ole went and acknowledged the fans,
01:35and he obviously cared a great deal about Manchester United in the same way that you do.
01:41A lot of people tonight will look at you and wonder whether the same outcome is going to happen.
01:50What is your view on that?
01:52I always go over to the fans anyway, regardless.
01:55So, it wasn't a particularly different kind of reason why I went over.
02:03I think it's the appreciation and the acknowledgement of what they've gone through
02:07and they have done over a period of a few weeks now.
02:10But particularly tonight, I think, as I said, I was one of them.
02:15I'm feeling the same as them.
02:16So, for them to make the effort and spend the money and come and hope for something,
02:21you know, we got a lot of values in this football club and what we represent
02:27and how we want to go about it.
02:28We might win, we might lose.
02:30But the way we went about it tonight, I wouldn't say everyone,
02:33but the way we went about it in some ways tonight was unacceptable.
02:37And I just got to let the fans know that I feel for them, for sure.
02:43Michael, you're always very diplomatic when you speak to us,
02:46but is there a sense in this idea that you have been let down by some of these players
02:52because, you know, they are experienced internationals,
02:55they've won lots of, you know, trophies, etc.
02:58And then to concede, you know, in the manner that you did,
03:00it must be really kind of frustrating for you.
03:04Yeah, I don't take it personally.
03:07Everything's wrapped around the football club.
03:09What you do, your behaviours and how you perform and how you go about it,
03:12more importantly is the responsibility of representing this football club.
03:18I'm in a position, yeah, of course I am, and I take that with real privilege,
03:24but it's about the football club, you know, and what we represent and the supporters.
03:30It wasn't just the goals, if I'm totally honest, you know.
03:35It wasn't just the goals, it was the manner and the way we played at times
03:39and the way we went about it was the difficult thing to watch for me.
03:43Michael, when you said before that lots going through your mind
03:46when you watched that on the touchline, is there any part of you that thinks,
03:50I just don't want to carry on?
03:52No, it's not about me right now and my feelings in that regard.
03:56It's more of, as a team and as a football club, what we want to look like,
04:01what we should look like.
04:02And as I said, the results can come and go at times,
04:06but you've got to do it in a certain way.
04:10And that wasn't it.
04:12Hi, Michael.
04:13I'm not sure if you're aware, but Bruno spoke afterwards
04:15and he said that the instructions to not press man to man,
04:19and that was coming from the staff, from you.
04:21He seemed to question that.
04:23I mean, when your club captain looks to us, he's questioning the manager.
04:27What do you make of that?
04:29We actually were half-pressed man to man the second half
04:32and then the conceding and go from that.
04:34And there's a little bit on whatever system you play, whatever tactics you play.
04:38If you don't run and you don't run forward and you don't run back,
04:40you ain't going to win.
04:45Hi, Michael.
04:47Obviously, it's a very deflating night for everyone connected to United.
04:49How on earth do you raise the mood ahead of Bournemouth?
04:52How do you raise yourself?
04:53How do you raise the players?
04:54What does this look like now?
04:56Again, it's not about me.
04:59I'm okay.
04:59I'm bitterly disappointed.
05:01I'm frustrated, more than frustrated.
05:02I'm really angry, to be honest.
05:03But you've got to move on.
05:07You've got to deal with what's next and see what that looks like.
05:11At this moment in time, there's a lot to do before that next game
05:17to get the team ready because that was a difficult night for everyone tonight.
05:27Hi, Michael.
05:28Given Bruno's comments and given what you've said here about what you think of some of the players tonight
05:32and the efforts they've put in, do you still think these players are playing for you
05:35and are wanting to play for you?
05:37It shouldn't be me.
05:38It shouldn't be me.
05:40It's not about playing for me.
05:41It's about playing for this football club.
05:43It's the responsibility that comes with whoever I'm in the position.
05:47I'm responsible for the football club and the supporters.
05:49I'm giving my best, absolute best all the time, care about it.
05:56My whole life's wrapped around it.
05:59Listen, it might go well.
06:00It might not go so well, but I genuinely give everything that I possibly can.
06:06It's really not about me and the relationship.
06:09It's about what we all give players, staff for this football club.
06:14Do all of the players give as much as you do?
06:16Say again, sir?
06:17Do all of the players give as much as you do to the club?
06:20I'd like to think so.
06:21I'd like to think so.
06:23I didn't like what I've seen tonight, though.
06:26Michael, do you feel the job you've taken away from you?
06:29Sorry?
06:29Do you feel the job may be taken away from you by the hierarchy?
06:33Listen, I've not given my own position any thought of it.
06:37They support us, and I was one of them tonight watching that,
06:40and I wasn't happy at all.
06:41Cheers, guys.
