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.
Manchester City cannot complain about Bruno Fernandes’ dive – they need to focus on the way they defended the ensuing free kick.
That was the message from Aleks Zinchenko after the Blues slumped to a 2-0 derby defeat by Manchester United. City players were furious that Fernandes had won a free kick when there was clearly no contact between him and Ilkay Gundogan in the first half.
Germany midfielder Gundogan confirmed afterwards that he had not touched Fernandes, who he accused of going “on the floor, shouting”.
He called it disappointing, but Zinchenko was more annoyed by the way the team defended the free kick. Fernandes took it, chipping the ball up for Anthony Martial to volley past Ederson, who allowed a tame shot to pass under his
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