Darren Fletcher says that he and his Manchester United
team-mates are desperate to prove that their first back-to-back
league defeats in five years were nothing more than hiccups as
opposed to the start of a critical collapse.
The international break means that it won't be until April 5 that
United get a chance to start making amends, though if it were up to
Fletcher they would have suited up again straight after their shock
loss at Fulham.
"We would have liked another game straight away to respond to a
couple of difficult games, which are hopefully just a setback,"
Fletcher said to Sky Sports News.
"It's easy to talk about it, but you've got to go out on to the
pitch and prove it is only a setback.
"We would have been desperate for another league game, but
unfortunately the internationals have come about.
"Liverpool would have been wanting the league to continue really
and not wanting the international break, so you never know, it
might be something that we just have to deal with," the Scottish
international added.
"I'm sure we'll be back to winning ways, we've got to be.
"It's easy for me to say it's only a blip, but we've got to go out
on to the park and show it's only a blip.
"I think it's easy talking about it, it's hard to go and do it.
We'll all be desperate to go out and show when we get back that it
is only a blip.
"As I say, it's easier talking than it is to go and produce
results."
The Red Devils will be looking to get their title defence back on
track with a win at home to Aston Villa in 10 days time, though
they will have to do so without their talismanic front-man Wayne
Rooney as well as Paul Scholes, both of whom picked up red cards at
Craven Cottage last weekend.