Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Bruno Fernandes spoke to the media on Wednesday ahead of the second leg of our Europa League semi-final.
With Manchester United leading Roma 6-2 from the first meeting last week, the pair were quizzed on our hopes of making it to the final this season, among a number of other topics.
Below is every word from the pre-match press conference…
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER QUESTIONS
Fans need to be listened to – what are your thoughts on Sunday?
“It was a difficult day for us. Of course, we wanted to play, we wanted to beat Liverpool for the fans. Our job has to be about getting good performances and good results on the pitch – that’s the players’ focus, that’s my focus. As I said before the game, we have to listen, we have to hear the fans’ voice. It’s everyone’s right to protest – it has to be in a civilised manner though. It has to be in a peaceful manner. Unfortunately, when you break in, when police officers get injured, scarred for life, that’s one step too far. Unfortunately, when it gets out of hand like this, it’s a police matter. It’s not about showing your opinions anymore.”
Do you hope that the owners will communicate with the fans? To ease the attention and the tension on you and the team…
“My job, my focus has to be on the results, but you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see that we have challenges and frictions and things that have to be dealt with, with the communications. Other individuals, other than me, have started already with discussing with the fans, with communicating to fans’ groups, which is going to be massive going forward for us. I think the players have done terrific to be where they are. I would be sad if the players got all the good work they had done disrupted. Our focus is on playing well and getting to a final now.”
