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With the penalty converted against Aston Villa, since February 2020 – when he started playing in Manchester – the ex-Sporting now has nine penalties.
At the reception to Aston Villa, which Manchester United won 2-1, Bruno Fernandes reached the 30-game mark in the Premier League. And in that amount of games, and with the goal he scored this Friday, he was involved in 33 goals (19 goals and 14 assists) from the Red Devils, with respect to the championship only.
According to data from OptaJohn, the 26-year-old Portuguese international is surpassed by only one player, Andrew Cole, a forward who has played for several English clubs, including United. The former striker was involved in 37 goals in his first 30 Premier League games.
In addition to this data, and with the penalty converted against Aston Villa, since February 2020 -the date on which he began to play in Manchester-, the ex-Sporting began to have nine penalties. They are two more than any other player has achieved in this period.
At the end of one more game in which he was decisive, Bruno Fernandes spoke to the BBC, referring to the fact that he was called upon to score Manchester United penalties: “I feel like I have to score everyone. The most important thing is to score, not it matters very well. ” how. We have to win the games and it doesn’t matter how. I always have the confidence that I will hit a penalty, otherwise I have already passed the ball to someone else, “he said, after asking the team to be able to maintain the winning mentality.” We must continue like this, train hard and continue winning our games. “
“When you dream of playing in the Premier League, you immediately think these days, of playing on Boxing Day and the first day of the year,” he concluded.
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