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Bruno Fernandes arrived in England at the end of January, scored 12 goals until the end of the season and was considered Player of the Year by Manchester United fans, although he only played in the second half of the season. The immediate adaptation made the Portuguese midfielder one of the Premier League signings of the year – but even so, not even Bruno Fernandes escapes criticism.
Eight of the 12 goals that Bruno Fernandes scored were on penalties, and Manchester United was the team that suffered the most penalties in the last edition of the Premier League (14). The most recurrent criticisms of the Portuguese international are, precisely for this reason, the accusations that he only scores penalty goals: and Bruno Fernandes bet on playing with the situation.
Ready for action ????#MUFC #BHAMUN pic.twitter.com/ZgU6HaxWfI
– Manchester United (@ManUtd) September 26, 2020
“We cannot talk much about penalties, because everyone will say that I only score like that,” the former Sporting player told Manchester United media in an interview about last season. “Everyone talks about penalties as if it were easy, but you can lose a final if you don’t score. Manchester United won the Champions League in Moscow on penalties [em 2008]. For many, it is easy when they are in front of the television. He is looking at the goalkeeper and if he jumps to the left, he shoots to the right. Okay, but I was thinking of shooting to the left and the goalkeeper saved. It can happen. What matters most to me, for me, is to keep scoring, “he explained, guaranteeing afterwards that he feels” confident “in scoring penalties but that he doesn’t mind sharing the responsibility.
“Rashford was the one who scored penalties before, So I say: ‘When you feel confident, if you want to score, there is no problem for me.’ The most important thing is to score for Manchester United. It doesn’t matter if it’s Bruno or someone else ”, concluded the Portuguese midfielder.
This Saturday, Manchester United played their second game in the Premier League and went to Brighton to face a team that lost to Chelsea on the opening day and beat Newcastle last week. After the initial slip with Crystal Palace, who went to Old Trafford to surprise and win, Solskjaer appeared to be returning to the formula he ended last season with, restoring Wan-Bissaka, Matic and Mason Greenwood’s place in the eleven, after pitching Fosu-Mensah, McTominay and Daniel James the previous weekend.
❄️ Ice-cool by Neal Maupay ❄️#BHAMUN @OfficialBHAFC pic.twitter.com/ugWRDxg0vv
– Premier League (@premierleague) September 26, 2020
Midweek Manchester United beat Luton Town in the third round of the League Cup and the Norwegian manager forgave Bruno Fernandes, Mason Greenwood and Rashford, who entered in the final moments. The clear objective was to have the three players ready to face Brighton and not cause another slip. The first minutes of play, however, put Brighton always closer to the goal: Graham Potter’s team hit the goal posts three times, first on Trossard’s post (10 ′), then again on Trossard but in the other post (21 ′) and still on the post, by Webster (30 ′), in a shot that De Gea still deflected.
In a very divided game in midfield but where Manchester United could not untie the knot to provoke further danger, Brighton’s goal ended up appearing even before the break. In a reversal of what is usually the usual story, Bruno Fernandes committed a penalty on Lamptey and Neal Maupay converted the penalty to Panenka (40 ′). Even at the end of the first part, the Red Devils still tied, the first time he approached the opposing goal and through an own goal by Dunk after a free kick by Bruno Fernandes (43 ′).
Solskjaer, here with Brighton coach Graham Potter, brought Wan-Bissaka, Matic and Greenwood back into the starting lineup
In the second half, the match referee again signaled a new penalty for Brighton, but the decision was reversed by the VAR. Manchester United took advantage and managed to tie the second goal: Bruno Fernandes released Rashford and the English striker took the same rival from the front three times to shoot after his left foot (55 ′). Until the end of the match, Graham Potter’s team still shook De Gea’s goal again, again through Trossard (77 ′), Bailly and Van de Beek still entered but the surprises were saved for discounts.
Rashford took off, switched to Brighton’s defense and ended up scoring a great goal ???? pic.twitter.com/8w4n2MSJal
– B24 (@ B24PT) September 26, 2020
Brighton played better than Manchester United, dominating completely from the hour of play and retiring across the board after Rashford’s goal. The result of the great performance of the Graham Potter team in the second half appeared then in the fifth minute of discounts, until March, which appeared only at the far post to head after a cross from the right (90 + 5 ′). But in the last match of the match, in the great Brighton area, Maupay deflected a touch and Maguire: the match referee signaled the end of the match and was immediately surrounded by players from Red Devils. He called everyone, saw the VAR images, scored a penalty and Bruno Fernandes gave United the victory (90 + 10 ′).
In a match that will go down in the history of the current edition of the Premier League, Bruno Fernandes started taking a penalty and ended up guaranteeing victory with another. The game was over, Brighton had played better and Solskjaer’s team had a point from two games. Until Bruno Fernandes pulled the tape of the past and offered Manchester United the first victory in the Championship, also making his debut this season.
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