The Portuguese star really left quite a mark in Manchester United’s victory.
Welcoming a much lower-rated team, Nottingham Forest, at home, Manchester United still had a difficult 90 minutes despite winning the final 3-2.
The Red Devils were awarded three points as a direct result of Bruno Fernandes’ penalty kick, making the Portuguese midfielder one of the game’s top performers.
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Except for the goal mentioned above, Bruno was also the author of the assist to help Casemiro equalize the score, and at the same time made a strong impression with 3 passes to create scoring opportunities.
Notably, if he was luckier, Bruno had one more assist in the 70th minute of the match.
After Joe Worrall’s red card, Man Utd was awarded a free kick from a very favorable distance and angle.
Obviously, Bruno could completely shoot straight towards Matt Turner’s goal in this situation, but he decided to “brain-hack” the opponent with a pass for Diogo Dalot.
However, not only the Nottingham players were fooled, but Dalot himself could not predict that Bruno would pass the ball to him.
So, despite his best efforts, the Portuguese star still could not control the ball.
After all, Man Utd had to miss a very favorable opportunity to take the lead, also because their captain was too creative.
In fact, perhaps Bruno’s vision must be commended in this situation, because if he had the ball at his feet, Dalot would certainly cause a storm for Forest’s goal when he was completely not in an offside position. However, in the end, the two stars of Man Utd did not have the same “frequency”.