In his first time period as Erik ten Hag’s full-time custodian of the captaincy, the midfielder was persistently there to face up and be counted. When it got here to scoring within the Premier League, fascinatingly all 10 of his strikes within the competitors have been both equalisers or go-ahead objectives (5 of every). Bruno put United again on phrases in matches in opposition to Chelsea, Liverpool, Bournemouth (twice) and Sheffield United, and nudged the Reds forward in opposition to the latter, in addition to Nottingham Forest, Burnley, Fulham and Everton.
PLAYMAKING PROWESS
Fernandes’s bread and butter as an attacking midfielder comes within the type of creativity and, whereas he excelled in different areas of his recreation too, the Reds’ no.8 continued to carry out to a excessive degree on this class. Bruno made extra key passes within the Premier League (114) and FA Cup (31) than every other participant in these two competitions, in addition to producing six clear-cut goalscoring probabilities in our triumphant FA Cup run – one other event chart-topper in 2023/24.
