History has been repeating itself over and over since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson, going through coaches or star signings and always with the same outcome, but everything points to this being the good one: Manchester United paints very well, at least , and also plays very well. Although this has just started, it only took a few games with Bruno Fernandes in the team, directing and deciding, to reach the conclusion that everything has “clicked” in those of Old Trafford. Portuguese was not only the missing piece, but the piece that united everything: the one that connects Rashford and Martial with Pogba, mainly, but above all the one that connects what they wanted to be with what they already are.
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Bruno Fernandes scored two goals in Brighton in a new Manchester United exhibition. Before he had warned with a ball to the stick. The first was thanks to an assist from Pogba and the second was converted by volleying a magnificent long pass from Greenwood. The Portuguese has been a starter in all Premier League matches since he arrived and has only been substituted when the result was already decided, such as in the Manchester derby triumph, or as in this forceful 0-3 in Brighton, the seventh time in the last 12 days that De Gea ends the game without receiving a goal. Bruno Fernandes has only had 13 games but has a total of six goals and four assists. His impact is evidence: he is already the leader.
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And then there’s the Mason Greenwood thing, because it’s no longer surprising to see Greenwood in a starting lineup. This time, naturally, a goal and an assist. He is 18 years old but he drives the ball that reminds the best Van Persie, if he does not go with the right, total ambidextrous, and according to Solskjaer he is the striker with the most goal on the team. His has been the individual breakthrough of the season in the Premier League, his first complete as a professional, only silenced by the irregularity of his team until the break: he has 13 goals in total, one more than Rashford scored before fulfilling the 19. Major words.
Changes
Trossard (45′, Tariq Lamptey), Neal Maupay (45 ‘, Davy Pröpper), Scott McTominay (63 ‘, Pogba), Andreas Pereira (63 ‘, Bruno Fernandes), Brandon Williams (63′, Shaw), Ighalo (77′, Anthony Martial), Daniel James (77′, Rashford), Aaron Mooy (80′, Alexis Mac Allister), Bernardo (80′, Lewis Dunk), Solly March (86′, Aaron Connolly)
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Goals
0-1, 15′: Mason Greenwood, 0-2, 28′: Bruno Fernandes, 0-3, 49′: Bruno Fernandes
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Cards
Arbitro: Other Marines
Arbitro VAR: Andy Madley
Shaw (48 ‘, Yellow
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