Red View: Fletcher focused, Alex Stepney, unlikely two-goal heroes and more

FLETCHER: TITLE IS IN OUR HANDS  Darren Fletcher says United will approach Sunday's game against Chelsea as if it was any other fixture, despite the immensely high stakes. Victory would all but secure a 19th league title, while defeat would see Chelsea leapfrog the Reds and move to the top of the table with only two games to play. Chelsea are expected to come and attack - after all, anything but a win would leave Sir Alex's men in the driving seat - and Reds midfielder Fletcher says United will be similarly positive. "We'll certainly play for three points," he told United Review. "We do that every time we step onto a football pitch. It's the only way we know how to play and it would be dangerous if we tried to play any other way." The manager has already confirmed Fletcher, who's struggled with a serious virus for the last two months, won't start against the Blues, but the Scot is confident his team-mates will bounce back from last Sunday's disappointment at Arsenal. "We try and learn from every defeat and we know sometimes defeat makes us stronger. We hope that's the case this time. Everybody was disappointed after Arsenal, especially because it was such a key match. But the title's still in our hands and that's all you can ask with three games to go." More:  Rio - Reds have mental edge | Scholes still hungry STEPNEY FEELING CONFIDENT Former United and Chelsea keeper Alex Stepney, a European Cup winner with the Reds in 1968, looks ahead to Sunday's contest... Just how big is this game? We've reached a defining point of the season but we've got to be confident. We've played 17 home games this season in the league and we've won 16 of them and drawn the other. On Sunday, it's all about winning and we've been lucky in the sense that we were able to rest a few players on Wednesday night. The lads did so well in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final that Sir Alex was able to make a lot of changes for the Schalke game. That's important because Chelsea will have had an entire week's rest since they last played. United have beaten Chelsea twice already this season... That's right, and that will give our players an awful lot of confidence. We haven't had the best of luck in games against Chelsea in recent seasons. You'll remember Didier Drogba's offside goal last season, for instance. But by beating them in those two Champions League games, it was almost as if that hoodoo was broken. There's no danger of complacency on Sunday, is there? Not at all. You can bet Sir Alex never misses an opportunity to remind his players what they did to us last year - they won the league by a point - and how it happened. The message will be simple: go out there and bring that trophy back to Old Trafford. The Champions League can go on the back-burner now - that's done with. All the players need to focus on for the next three games is the league. Win this one and then we only need a point from Blackburn or Blackpool. Do you expect Chelsea to attack? Not from the beginning, no. But they will be confident. They've won five of their last six games so they're on a roll and they'll be determined to stamp their authority on the game in the early stages. But they'll also know that if they concede then they're going to need to score twice, which isn't easy at Old Trafford. More: Boss - We're ready for Chelsea | Owen's Wembley dream UNLIKELY TWO-GOAL HEROES Anderson may not have been the most prolific goalscorer since joining the Reds from Porto but he came up trumps in midweek by netting twice in four minutes to put the gloss on a resounding victory over Schalke. It got us thinking about other United players who upset the odds to grab remarkable doubles. Steve Bruce (v Sheffield Wed, 1993) Of course, the centre-back was renowned for his goalscoring exploits and hit an incredible 19 in 1990/91. But a number of these strikes came from the penalty spot so to score two headers was pretty special, even more so considering the occasion. As United trailed in a match that will forever go down in Old Trafford folklore, Bruce turned things around late on to spark wild scenes. Gary Pallister (v Liverpool, 1997) Celebratory free-kicks against Blackburn aside, Pally was never in defensive partner Bruce's league when it came to scoring. He did, however, pop up with two towering headers from David Beckham crosses against the bitterest of rivals to take United a huge step closer to another title. Ronny Johnsen (v Nottingham Forest, 1998) It may have been the best season in United's history but this 3-0 Boxing Day win was the first of the month - and the first clean sheet as well. The Norwegian defender came up from the back to have a major influence by heading past Dave Beasant following a corner and then forced in his, and the Reds' second, from a Henning Berg assist.   Mikael Silvestre (v Liverpool, 2004) In a match dominated by Rio Ferdinand's return from an eight-month suspension, another defender stole the headlines. A header in each half accounted for the Merseysiders following set-pieces from Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs as he made his presence felt in the opposing area. Michael Carrick (v Roma, 2007) The unassuming midfielder has long been controlling games in Europe and his terrific long-range strike set United on the way to an unbelievable 7-1 win. For good measure, he added another perfectly-placed shot for his second of the night as the Italians were ripped apart. More: Smalling - Confidence is high | Rio - I'm back to my best   This email was sent by:Manchester United Sir Matt Busby Way Old Trafford, Manchester, M16 0RA, United Kingdom. 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