Bruno Fernandes, a midfielder for Man Utd, was incensed to learn that Cristiano Ronaldo had been the target of “a subtle hit” by his fellow Portuguese player.
Bruno Fernandes has angrily hit back at claims he has tacitly criticized Cristiano Ronaldo with his comments following Man Utd’s 2-1 Premier League win over Manchester City.
MU entered the Manchester derby without Ronaldo’s service. Ronaldo, 37, made his second United shirt last summer but passed away suddenly and bitterly last month after a sensational interview with Piers Morgan.
But Erik ten Hag’s side didn’t need the old talisman to win over city rivals Manchester. Two goals in four minutes in the second half of Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford helped MU upstream to defeat Man City 2-1.
After the victory, Bruno Fernandes praised his teammates at MU, but the Portuguese midfielder’s comment was understood as implicitly “kick” Ronaldo.
Speaking after the game, MU captain Bruno Fernandes happily said: “We used to be individuals, now we are a team. You can see a team really working for each other.”
Some people speculated that Bruno’s comments were critical of Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo often expressed displeasure and messed up at MU from before the start of the new season until he left. Unsurprisingly, Fernandes has reacted angrily to suggestions that he was targeting his former Old Trafford team-mate. Bruno Fernandes decided to respond with a social media response.
Bruno Fernandes shared on his personal Instagram: “I know it’s hard to see Man Utd play well, but I have nothing to say about us other than good things! Don’t use my name to attack Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo. been part of our team for half a season.
And as I’ve said in many interviews, ever since we beat Liverpool (3rd round of the Premier League), everyone has been great and acting like a real team. You can see the results on the pitch.”
MU has an extremely sublime performance when facing the Big Six Premier League clubs when unbeaten, winning 4 and drawing only 1. MU in turn defeated Liverpool, Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester City and drew Chelsea. The Red Devils are currently only one point behind second-placed Man City and are competing for the Premier League title.
After suffering crushing defeats to Brighton and Brentford at the start of his tenure at Old Trafford, manager Erik Ten Hag has seen his side lose just twice in 15 games since. Although faith is overwhelming at Old Trafford and fans dream of the championship, Ten Hag is very reluctant to mention it.
Coach Erik Ten Hag said: “We have improved, that is obvious. There is still a long way to go but we have a lot of aspects in our games we have to improve but we are improving.
Fans can dream (of winning) but we can’t. Man Utd have to keep their feet on the ground and face we have a lot to improve in the game. It’s impossible that after the first half we lost control of the game so much.”
source: plo.vn
