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Last updated : 16 February 2006 By Ed

"We have to refocus on our jobs defensively.

"That is the key to winning matches. Manchester United has always been a club that has prided itself on attacking football because it is what the fans want to watch.

"Earlier in the season we were struggling to score goals. We have rectified that problem but we are leaking a few more than we would like. Obviously, when you change the back four you do not get the same understanding. But we are all good individual players and some of the goals have been individual mistakes, which we need to cut out."

He is still hungry:

"Sometimes you do think about how much you have achieved but it is important not to get bogged down by it too much. "There is too much going on with the next match and the next training session to bother about what has gone before or what is coming in the future.

"The captaincy means a lot to me but I don't think it has changed me as a player

"I try to do the same things I have always done over the years. I gave the younger players advice before being made captain, so nothing has altered in that respect."