Bruno Fernandes admits his offensive stats are not as high as usual. Speaking on the Man Utd website, he said: “If we’re talking statistics, in my first year it was fantastic.
Maybe now, I don’t score many goals and assists but I am playing much better and participating in the game more than before. What’s more important is the winning team.”
As Fernandes notes, he personally doesn’t mind as long as the team wins, but the former Sporting Lisbon midfielder’s stats could have been a lot better.
Fernandes has always shown great influence.
This season he has 3 assists in all competitions, but only 1 in the Premier League. Last season, he had a total of 14 assists. In fact, Fernandes still makes a huge impact.
Fernandes’ performance in Manchester United’s 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest was a prime example. He created an easy opportunity for Antony to score in the second half, but the Brazilian had an inaccurate finish.
The website of the Premier League statistics Fernandes has created 10 big chances in Premier League games this season. This is the second highest achievement in the entire tournament, behind only Kevin de Bruyne with 14 times.
Even Fernandes has 12 favorable situations for his teammates. Again, this parameter of Fernandes is only inferior to De Bruyne with 16 slots.
However, the difference is that De Bruyne has 9 assists. The reason for this is because De Bruyne’s partner is a great striker in the front line. Erling Haaland soon hit the 20-goal mark in just 14 Premier League appearances.
Last season, Fernandes created 15 great opportunities for his teammates. 6 of these become assist lines. This season, the Portuguese star reached the milestone of 10 great opportunities after only 15 matches in the Premier League.
It’s a pity that Fernandes only has 1 assist.
All Fernandes can do is create chances. But more importantly, the teammates have to score and in fact, they are not doing their job properly at this stage.
Unsurprisingly, United need to sign a new striker. The Manchester team have only scored 23 goals in the Premier League this seasonless than both Brighton (26) and Fulham (27).
Coach Erik ten Hag hopes to find the right player in the transfer market, but until then, the Red Devils stars have to save more opportunities.
Fernandes is doing his job well. He needs his teammates to become sharper in front of goal. Only then can Man Utd guarantee a chance to win a place in the top 4 at the end of the season.
Man Utd currently relies mainly on and Marcus Rashford. On the day Rashford was silent, surely teachers and coaches Ten Hag will face many difficulties.
Xiao Lam | 23:16 December 29, 2022
