Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (born 8 September 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Portugal national team as a midfielder. Fernandes started his career at Serie B side Novara Calcio and soon featured for Udinese and Sampdoria in Serie A.
In 2017, he signed with Sporting CP where he established himself as one of the best players in the Primeira Liga. He was named the LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year in both 2017–18 and 2018–19. In the latter season, he also helped Sporting win the Taça de Portugal. A senior international since 2017, Fernandes represented Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Bruno Fernandes admits Man United were undone by something they 'knew would happen' vs Chelsea
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBruno Fernandes has lamented the fact that Manchester United switched off for Chelsea’s 111th-minute winning goal in Thursday’s 4-3 defeat, having known about the home side’s quick corners.
After Cole Palmer had struck a stoppage-time equaliser from the spot, he lashed home the decisive goal via a big deflection following a short and quick corner.
United conceded a whopping 28 shots during the game, having shipped more than 100 efforts on their goal in the previous four matches combined.
Fernandes is disgruntled by United’s defensive fragility and particularly rues the fact that the team knew about Chelsea's tendency to take quick corners but were unable to stop the winning goal. READ MORE: United repeated the same mistakes vs Chelsea that risk getting the manager sacked READ MORE: Player ratings vs Chelsea Speaking to TNT Sports, the United captain said: “We had the game in our hands and we gave it away.
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