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.
Paul Pogba defended over Manchester United penalty decision vs Aston Villa
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day for freeSky Sports pundits Andy Cole and Darren Bent agree that Manchester United deserved to win the key penalty in the win over Aston Villa at Old Trafford.
The Reds moved level with leaders Liverpool thanks to the 2-1 victory over Villa, with Anthony Martial opening the scoring in the first half as the host led at the break.Bertrand Traore equalised for Villa in the second half only for Paul Pogba to win the aforementioned penalty, before Bruno Fernandes calmly found the back of the net.
Douglas Luiz was adjudged to have taken Pogba down in the penalty box but there were claims from the visitors that midfielder had tripped himself up.
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