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 United midfielder Bruno Fernandes names three mistakes made vs Liverpool
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBruno Fernandes believes Manchester United gave too much space away, allowed Liverpool too much time on the ball and also made it too easy for them to counter-attack during a shock 7-0 defeat at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.
United have made impressive progress over the last few months and the weekend's heavy defeat against Liverpool was not expected.
Erik ten Hag said the display was 'unprofessional and unacceptable' after the game and an inquest will now begin. ALSO READ: Man United player ratings as Fernandes and Shaw awful After winning the Carabao Cup, United still remain in contention to win the FA Cup and Europa League and a response is needed against Real Betis on Thursday, which is something Fernandes discussed after the heavy Liverpool defeat.
The midfielder gave his thoughts on what went wrong at Anfield and he admitted United made it too easy for their rivals. "We're really frustrated, disappointed, sad because it's a really bad result," Fernandes said to Sky Sports. "We came here with a different mindset before the game but I think the first half was really good from ourselves, we had a lot of chances and controlled most of it. "They didn't create that much but obviously the second half was not our level.
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