Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler on Pascal Struijk injury: "We have to see how it's going today and tomorrow.

"Like I said, it's not a big issue but it's also something that can get bigger if we risk it too early. We have so many games so we have to take care of the player.

"We have the responsibility for that so therefore, we have to make wise decisions. Let's go day by day then see if he is available or not."

Brighton team news coming up Jeremy, then we have a news line on Bukayo Saka and how long he is expected to be out...

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Thanks for sticking with us during Michael Carrick's news conference.

After a near six-minute opening speech, he went on to say he was "100%" the right person to lead the club forward and would do what was best for the club when asked about taking the captaincy from Bruno Fernandes.

If you'd like to watch the monologue again, click the "Watch & Listen" tab on this page.

Right, let's move on...

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We have reached the end of Manchester United manager Michael Carrick's news conference...

Here's his final answer on Bruno Fernandes and whether he's considered taking the captaincy off him:

"The most important thing for me is the team, the squad and dynamics in the squad.

"It's about the football club. I'll always do what is best for the football club."

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Manchester United manager Michael Carrick on getting players to show humility and hard work:

"It's pretty clear as day. I'm not telling you anything new, I haven't invented anything new with that.

"[Humility and hard work] is the make-up of any good football team. You have to earn the right to be better than your opponent. You have to do more than your opponent to win a game.

"It's as simple as that. It doesn't change, it never changes. It's what we need to do to win more games."

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Michael Carrick on whether negative public comments from Manchester United players need to stop:

"We need to move forward, in the right direction, for sure.

"So we need to do things that enable us to do that, so it's pretty clear."

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Manchester United manager Michael Carrick on club's failure to produce teams capable of challenging for the league since Sir Alex Ferguson retired:

"I don't fear it. I know what we can achieve. I know what it needs to look like for us to be winning enough football games to get us through that spell.

"Principles, values are so, so important to the football club and definitely to me.

"We can win games, we can lose games - hopefully not but at some point we are going to do it.

"It's how you do it a little bit and what it feels like is important. That spirit, that unity, that togetherness needs it be there.

"It is there and it will be there, I'll make sure it's there. I'm just looking for the solutions to move us forward."

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Manchester United manager Michael Carrick on if there is a division in the squad after negative public comments from Bruno Fernandes and Lisandro Martinez:

"It's not divided, no. We just need to get back to doing what we do best and we will."

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Manchester United manager Michael Carrick on Bruno Fernandes after burglary at his house:

"It's an awful thing to hear about and to go through. We're obviously doing a lot of work to support Bruno and his family.

"Thankfully, they weren't directly affected, even though it's an awful situation. I'm not playing it down in any way. We're doing everything to support him."

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Manchester United manager Michael Carrick on if he thinks everyone at club feels the same as he does, and as deeply:

"Yeah, I do. I 100% do, and and if you don't then this is not the place for you."

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Manchester United manager Michael Carrick on his feelings at the current situation:

"It hurts an awful lot but that doesn't stop me.

"There's a big difference. That hurt is used as pure motivation and inspiration, if anything, to want more, expect more, work for more and get us going in that different direction.

"It feels at times as if it can be a long way away but it doesn't take too much to flip the other way and we're more than capable of doing that, I totally believe that.

"We will. We'll win football matches and we've got a very tough one on Sunday [against Bournemouth].

"Very, very good team that we're playing again and I'm not suggesting that becomes an easy game because it doesn't. We've got to respect the game, respect what it takes to win."

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Manchester United manager Michael Carrick on if he is still the right man for the job: "100%, yeah."

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Right, now for the questions.

Manchester United manager Michael Carrick was asked about his conversations with the players since Wednesday's 4-1 loss at Como in the Champions League:

"We've spoken. There are always conversations going on.

"It's pretty obvious how we're all feeling. A reaction, a reaction from me.

"The responsibility for me in this position is to lead. It is my responsibility, whatever goes on the pitch and what we look like, what we feel like.

"I'll hold that umbrella for me to stay wet so everyone else can stay dry. That's the position I'm in and it's a privileged position.

"Discussions are going on, getting the players in a good frame of mind and well organised to put in a good performance on Sunday."

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If you are just joining us, Manchester United manager Michael Carrick has faced the media to address questions on Bruno Fernandes, the club's run of poor results and pressure on his job.

However, before facing a single question, he started with an impassioned speech that lasted almost six minutes.

We have split that up into bitesize chunks, scroll down for a long read, or stick with us for his answers to those questions.

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This is the end of Michael Carrick's opening speech:

"We need to respect this football club and respect what it means to be here, respect what it takes to win, what you have to do to win.

"I'm not entitled to be here. Entitlement cannot be at this football club. We're not entitled to win. We've won in the past, we've got an incredible history, but that doesn't mean that you're entitled to just win.

"I'm fully aware of that. It takes hard work, takes a lot of sacrifice. You've got to invest yourself in the football club and you've got to do a lot of things that maybe aren't so nice, but you've got to do it for each other, and you've got to win.

"I think it's important we live up to that, and it's important for me to push those values, and it's important for our supporters to feel that moving forward.

"We've had it, we've kind of lost our way a little bit if I'm totally honest, and we will get it back.

"I'm totally convinced we'll get it back. Respect this football club, respect what it takes, because it's very, very important to me."

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More from Michael Carrick Manchester United being "bigger than me and any of the players":

"I'm aware of some of the individuals who have been part of that history and know them closely.

"Manchester United always has been, and always will be, bigger than any single individual.

"Bigger than me, any of the players, it always has been.

"I'm fortune enough to know some players myself and played with some, Ryan Giggs is arguably one of the greatest to play for this football club. It was never about Ryan Giggs, it was about Manchester United.

"Wayne Rooney is top goalscorer of this football club. His biggest thing was playing for the team, sacrificing for the team and what was good for Manchester United.

"Sir Alex Ferguson is the best manager of all-time. The greatest, for me. And working for him, his main priority was Manchester United.

"Going back to Sir Matt [Busby], Sir Bobby [Charlton], the resilience was beyond belief in what they showed and the way they rebuilt this football club.

"Again it was based on being humble, having humility and hard work. We can never lose that and I won't let us lose that.

"It inspires me a lot to [deliver] us to that."