Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher has revealed what he told teammates after their 6-1 thrashing by Manchester City.

The visitors had gone into a 3-0 lead before Fletcher gave the Reds a glimmer of hope nine minutes from time when he pulled a goal back.

But hope turned to despair when City bagged a further three goals in injury-time and ensured bragging rights went to the blue half of the city.

"We realise how much this result has hurt the fans and how they'll go into work on Monday and get a lot of stick, but the players are hurting just as much. We live in the city too and we're going to have to deal with it as well," the Scot told MUTV.

"No-one wants to lose by the margin we did today, but you've always got to look at positives and say you can lose by that score or lose 1-0 and it's still the same amount of points [to lose].

"I said to the lads in the dressing room afterwards that we need to remember how it feels to lose a game like this, but to remember that no medals are handed out now.

"There's still a long way to go in the season. It's a bad result, but by no means is the league over. We've got to respond and win our next game."