Manchester United midfield enforcer Darren Fletcher revealed that he loves getting into the faces of the Premier League’s best players.

The Scotland international spoke to fanzine United We Stand: "I don't want to sound big-headed but I've never come up against anyone who has torn me to shreds.

"The only time that's happened has been in training against Roy Keane and Paul Scholes.

"I watch how good Lampard, Fabregas and Gerrard are but when we play them I think 'Right, I'm going to see how good you really are!'

"I'm going to get against you and see how you like it. And when you've not got the ball I'm still going to get about you and see how you like it.

"I'm going to ask you 'Do you fancy it? Do you like getting kicked? Do you like the fact I am going to be at you for the whole 90 minutes?

" 'As soon as you get the ball I am going to be in your face. You are not going to like it one bit. Are you ready for that because that's what's going to happen'."

Manchester United do not face any of the Big Four till their trip to the Emirates on January 31 2010.

Till then 25-year-old Fletcher will have to content himself with counting down the days to that trip to the Emirates when he will face off with midfield dynamo Cesc Fabregas .

He told fanzine United We Stand: "I love the big games. I get excited before them and not a bit nervous. I'm determined to make the most of them and test myself to my full ability.

"In my younger days, I would perhaps sit back in the so-called lesser games. I'd let the lads go and play while covering for them.

"But in the big games I'd come out wanting the ball all the time. I've had to learn to do that in every game, week in, week out.

"I've made a conscious effort in the last couple of years to play every game as if it's my last. If I'm going to stay in the team, I believe I have to play like that."

Fletcher has become a lot more influential in the middle of the park since the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid.

He said: "Hopefully, we can become a more rounded team and other players will raise their game to cover the gap left by Cristiano.

"We're starting to see that, with Wayne Rooney banging the goals in. We need more goals from midfield and more goals from all the players. That will make us a stronger team because we won't be as reliant on one player."

Ronaldo's exit has allowed the midfield enforcer to get forward as he did against Everton with a perfect volley for the 3-0 opener.

He added: "Teams adapt when players leave. Much as Cristiano was brilliant for us, the team sacrificed a lot for him, too.
"As a midfielder, I knew I couldn't bomb forward because Cristiano had gone forward.

"I knew I had to cover on the right so the left-back and left midfielder couldn't double up on our full-back.

"Maybe now we're a lot more rigid 4-4-2, with everyone knowing their role. There are more opportunities for midfielders to get in the box and get goals."