Bruno Fernandes

Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes was compared to Wayne Rooney by Robin van Persie following the Reds' victory over Barcelona on Thursday night.

Next up for the Reds is the Carabao Cup final against Newcastle. Fernandes set up Fred to fire home the equaliser moments after the restart. "Rooney did it as well a couple of times in his time on the wing, and it’s like when you’re a great player you are a team player. [United's](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/manchester-united-fc) progression to the next stage with a curling effort. [Fernandes](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/bruno-fernandes) grabbed his 10th assist of the season for United on Thursday as the Reds defeated Barcelona 4-3 on aggregate. [Europa League](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/europa-league).

Manchester United progressed to the last 16 of the Europa League after beating Barcelona over two legs with Bruno Fernandes playing a pivotal role in the ...

Ten Hag opted to utilise Jadon Sancho in a central No.10 role with Fred and Casemiro providing the double pivot at the base of United's midfield. "Rooney did it as well in his time, many times, on the wing. They are always behind us," he said. It is a position the Portuguese midfielder has taken up before when called upon, and ex-United stars Paul Scholes and Robin van Persie feel his willingness to do so is akin to that of their former teammate Rooney. "It’s like when you are a great player you are a team player. Goals from Fred and substitute Antony overturned the deficit after

Robin van Persie has explained that Bruno Fernandes is willing to play out of position for the team, a similar trait that his former Manchester United ...

And even as a winger, he is still doing well, but I do agree with Owen (Hargreaves) that in the centre of the pitch, he is, by far, the best.” - Match Coverage18 hours ago - News2 days ago Starting the game on the right flank, Fernandes was tasked with defending the offensive-minded full-back Alejandro Balde. It’s like when you are a great player, you are a team player. His persistence was impressive throughout.

Both Robin van Persie and Paul Scholes were impressed with the role that Bruno Fernandes played in Manchester United's triumph over Barcelona.

And even as a winger, he is still doing well, but I do agree with Owen (Hargreaves) that in the centre of the pitch, he is, by far, the best.” “We know Bruno will sacrifice himself to play out there. He did it so many times to accommodate Cristiano Ronaldo and just bringing that anticipation and quality to the team that Bruno has, wherever he plays in the team, he is capable of creating a goal.” (Jadon) Sancho was playing in a little bit of a different position – OK, he came on on Sunday and did ok there – but he’s not comfortable there, he wants to be out in the wider spaces. It’s like when you are a great player, you are a team player. The role of Fernandes had plenty of people talking as he lined up on the right-hand side in the first half with Jadon Sancho playing as the number 10.

Former Manchester United forward Robin Van Persie has described Bruno Fernandes's performance against Barcelona as superb.Recall that.

“It’s like when you are a great player, you are a team player. And Van Persie, who played for Arsenal and Manchester United, hailed the Portugal international for persevering with the selfless role regardless. However, that system nearly backfired during their Europa League playoff second leg against Barcelona on Thursday, with the Spanish side taking the lead on the night and Weghorst was withdrawn at half-time.

Manchester United ace Bruno Fernandes was compared to legendary striker Wayne Rooney by former United forward Robin Van Persie. Fernandes played most of the ...

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Manchester United lost their opening two Premier League matches against Brighton and Brentford, with Bruno Fernandes involved in both.

Don't miss your chance for a free flutter on the game everyone's talking about with your paper. “The atmosphere was buzzing. [Manchester United](/latest/manchester-united-fc) star [Bruno Fernandes](/latest/bruno-fernandes) has surprisingly claimed the 2-1 defeat to [Brighton](/latest/brighton-hove-albion-fc) on the opening day of the season was a tougher loss than their 4-0 battering at the hands of [Brentford](/latest/brentford-fc). And they’re now just one win away from a trophy, with [Newcastle](/latest/newcastle-united-fc) in the [Carabao Cup](/latest/league-cup) final up next on Sunday (4.30pm). “We didn't score. “He brought that culture that we can't be happy to be behind anyone and whenever we are in front, we can't be happy to be with a smaller gap.

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Of the three games he’s missed this season, United have lost two. United are unbeaten in nine and still in the running for four trophies. Bruno is a winning type, so is David (de Gea), Rapha (Varane), Licha (Lisandro Martinez), Casemiro. [He’s won the respect of past United greats like Paul Scholes for sacrificing himself for the team](/sport/football/article-11788323/Paul-Scholes-hails-Bruno-Fernandes-sacrifice-starting-game-position-Thursday.html), playing on the right-hand side of a 4-2-3-1 when necessary. The Portuguese playmaker is hardly ever rested, starting 36 of United’s 39 games this season, and rarely even substituted. The assumption was he’d had to leave [Old Trafford](/sport/football/article-11787139/Erik-ten-Hag-agrees-win-Barcelona-biggest-Manchester-United-boss.html) so the five-time Ballon d’Or winner could stay.

Bruno Fernandes has revealed what went down between Cristiano Ronaldo and Erik ten Hag. The United head coach benched Ronaldo in the Premier League.

[ Erik ten Hag](https://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/football-news/he-is-not-at-this-moment-achieving-his-limits-erik-ten-hag-opens-up-on-man-united-star-articleshow.html). His Manchester [United](https://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/football-news/manchester-united-contemplating-eyewatering-move-for-psg-star-kylian-mbappe-reports-articleshow.html) side has beaten FC Barcelona over the course of two legs. “And he did that, he did that many times. He did it with Cristiano, he did that with Jadon, and Marcus also. Speaking with Rio Ferdinand, Fernandes stated, Ten Hag has a set of rules, which he expects his team would comply with. If a big player doesn’t do what he wants, will he pull him apart or not?”

It was announced in November that Cristiano Ronaldo had his Manchester United contract terminated. This came after Ronaldo's explosive interview with Piers ...

“Marcus was probably in the best form against Wolves – he did something wrong and the manager just pulled him out. In the first moments we were like ‘wow, he is our main man and we need him’. “Everyone was a little bit like in the beginning: ‘will he do that or not?

Manchester United forward Bruno Fernandes sits down for an exclusive talk with Sky Sports ahead of Sundays Carabao Cup final with Newcastle United at ...

And that is the also the demands from the manager. I try to focus on whatever I can do inside the buildings here, inside the stadium, inside the pitch, because it's everything that we can control is ourselves, it's the best we can do. He brought that culture that we can't be happy to be behind anyone and whenever we are in front, we can't be happy to be with a smaller gap. The manager has been quite clear in saying he wants you guys to focus just on the football regardless of whatever off-field distractions are happening and there have been a few for United. I think he brought the people he understood that will fit in his ideas and I think everyone is fitting really well. That it has to be our turnaround, to be the game that we win and make things change. But obviously it's up to us, up to our qualities, up to what we have been doing really well and so is is about us now to carry on because it's easy to forget the good results we have done whenever you lose a game. Like you had that feeling that you're playing good, you are in the good moment and all of a sudden, you concede a goal. We know how tough is the Premier League and we have lost against the two teams that are in front of us. The first two results wasn't the ones we we wanted, but after that I think was a really big improvement from the team. Straight away in the pre-season, he showed us the direction he wants to go, the rules he wants us to follow, the ideas of football, I think all that make us straight away, give a step forward from the pre-season. We believe that the process that we are going through is the right one.