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Bruno Fernandes spoke like a true leader after inspiring Manchester United managed a 3-1 win over Everton and said they selflessly passed up the chance to score a hat-trick in the dying moments as they wanted to boost their confidence of summer’s arrival Edinson Cavani.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was under heavy pressure heading into the Premier League clash following back-to-back losses to Arsenal and Istanbul Basaksehir and United’s afternoon got off to a nightmare start when Bernard opened the scoring for Everton in the 19th minute.
But Fernandes grabbed the game by the back of the head and scored a pair of quick goals to give United the lead in the mid-stage before putting the ball on a plate for Cavani, who made no mistake from close range to secure all three points. for visitors.
Fernandes has now scored ten times in his last ten Premier League away games, but the midfielder could easily have scored 11 had he opted to shoot rather than assist Cavani in death.
When asked why he chose to move on to second-part substitute Cavani, Fernandes said BBC Sport: ‘I don’t need to think about a hat-trick.
“For a forward it is important to score because of his confidence.
“It will be important for us and the first goal will give him confidence.”
There was some confusion as to whether United’s first game belonged to Fernandes or Marcus Rashford, who reached out to get his head on the ball before it passed Jordan Pickord in Everton’s goal.
But Fernandes insisted that it mattered little to whom the goal was attributed as he spoke to BT sport shortly after the final whistle.
‘I do not care. If Marcus touched it a little bit, it may be his target. It doesn’t matter, ” he said.
‘It is not a problem for me. The most important thing for me as a number 10 is to serve my teammates like I did in the end.
“ For Edi (Cavani), I had the opportunity to shoot and maybe look for the hat-trick, but I saw Edi alone and he had the opportunity.
“If Marcus scores the second goal, it’s not a problem for me.”
Rio Ferdinand said Fernandes’ decision to move to Cavani was just “another sign of leadership” from the Portugal international.
“I think this goal was more about the fact that there is a teammate that we need to get a goal, that we have to put on the scoreboard, he needs to gain confidence because it is going to be of great importance.
‘That’s what it’s all about, it’s another sign of leadership, leading the team and leading from the front.
“And this guy, more than 200 goals for PSG, is also going to score goals with the red shirt.”
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