On the finish of the season, we’d look again on this weekend as some of the decisive of the marketing campaign.
And our award for Premier League Participant of the Week goes to …
Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
Ruud van Nistelrooy’s interim spell as Manchester United boss has been nothing however an unqualified success.
The Dutchman changed Erik ten Hag two weeks in the past and since then has gone about reworking the Outdated Trafford outfit into one thing approaching their finest.
The previous striker hasn’t accomplished something significantly revolutionary in his 12 days in cost however has clearly imbued a renewed sense of confidence to the squad and allowed them to play with out concern.
That has been occasion none extra so than with Bruno Fernandes, who has returned to his world class self underneath the tutelage of Van Nistelrooy.
Earlier than the interim’s appointment, the Portuguese playmaker had failed to attain a single purpose in 2024/25 and registered simply two assists.
Within the final 4 video games Bruno Fernandes has scored 4 and assisted one.
Two of these got here this weekend as Leicester got here to a rain-sodden north west and left with nothing.
This was, in what’s been one thing of a rarity this time period, a very regulation win for United in a recreation they dominated from begin to end.
And it was Bruno Fernandes who ran the sport from minute one.
In simply the primary half alone, the quantity 10 created 4 main probabilities, had 16 passes within the remaining third and scored one very good purpose from the sting of the realm.
Manchester United have received as many video games at Outdated Trafford underneath Ruud van Nistelrooy as they’ve underneath Erik ten Hag this season (3).
Signing off in fashion. 👏
Within the second half he added a penalty that secured the factors, taking his complete goal-involvement tally for United to 100.
The very fact he reached that milestone in 170 video games, only one fewer than Cristiano Ronaldo, says every part about how persistently glorious the previous Sporting man has been for the membership since his arrival in 2020.
It was the proper technique to say goodbye to Van Nistelrooy and with Rúben Amorim now set to hitch as head coach, their membership captain is having fun with his finest type in a very long time.
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