Yesterday the former team of Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United faced New Castle united. The match was extremely important as the winner would get to have the 3rd spot while the losing team with be in the 4th. In that extremely tense matchup, Erik ten Hag’s team exposed their vulnerability.
Ever since Liverpool had a field day with the team, the red devils look a bit under-confident, especially in their Premier League matchups. After the 7-0 defeat, the team faced the bottom seed of this season, Southampton. To the disbelief of every fan, that match ended up as a goalless draw.
Then came yesterday’s matchup, which Manchester United lost 2-0. However, more than the result of the match, one particular incident is baffling the fans. In an attempt to clear the ball, Manchester United forward Bruno Fernandes kicked the head of the opponent player.
Bruno Fernandes summoned his inner Lisandro Martinez
By a very large margin, Lisandro Martinez was the most physically aggressive player in that match. Portuguese star forward Bruno Fernandes took that fact and tried his best to top the list. Playing in the goal post in a desperate attempt to clear the ball, Bruno kicked the head of a Newcastle player Fabian Schär.
The fact he didn’t get any card, and it didn’t result in a penalty call has surprised fans. The clip is going viral on Reddit, and one fan summed up the thoughts of every fan as they wrote, “Bruno gets to do whatever the f**k he wants on the pitch. I don’t understand”.
Some other similar reactions were, “It’s Fernandes, he shoves refs and gets nothing“, “How is that not a penalty? You miss the ball and hit the legs of an opponent it’s a penalty. So why not the same with the head?”, “ and ‘We don’t talk about Bruno’ – PGMOL“.
“The s**t Bruno gets away with is unbelievable. That’s a penalty. How’s he gotten away with kicking a player in the face?!“, “The amount of stuff Fernandes gets away with is baffling“, “Of course, nothing happens when it’s Bruno“, and “It’s Fernandes so it doesn’t matter. Keep up lads“. This turmoil came down just days after Bruno Fernandes joined the team back from Euro Qualifiers where fans saw the Cristiano Ronaldo Show.
The Cristiano Ronaldo show
This year started at a bit low for the Portuguese star. However, he made a comeback in February and got over the scoring slump as he decimated teams in the Arabian Pro League. Recently, in the internationals, he scored 4 goals in 2 matches and showed fans why he is ‘the best player in soccer history’.
Source: essentiallysports.com
