Man United returned from the international break with a 3-0 defeat against Man City in the Premier League.
Fernandes spoke after the 3-0 defeat.(Image: Sky Sports)
Bruno Fernandes has urged his Manchester United teammates to "take more risks and be braver" after their defeat in the Manchester derby.
Manchester City secured a dominant 3-0 win at the Etihad on Sunday afternoon. Phil Foden scored the opener in the 18th minute and Erling Haaland scored a second-half brace to wrap up the victory.
The pressure on Ruben Amorim increased after last month's shock defeat to Grimsby Town in the Carabao Cup, but United were able to win against Burnley before the international break.
The return to action against City in the Premier League was a chance for Amorim to win successive league games for the first time, but United suffered a humiliating defeat to their rivals.
Speaking to Sky Sports, a disappointed Fernandes said: "No, it's not hard [to find positives]. You have to look at what we did well and it's not enough because you want to win football games. What we did today was not enough to get a result and that's what we'll take from this game.
"Obviously look at what we have to do better and look to the next game. We need to score goals and not concede. We keep creating chances but were not able to score as much as we wanted. We have to be more in control. We concede three goals we could have avoided.
"When we go we have to take more risks and be more brave with the last line. When we pass to our centre-backs they go three against three and squeeze so much. The space is very narrow."
Fernandes was asked whether United are heading in the right direction and said: "The result is very bad, very bad on us but I think it's two ways of looking at this game. The goals could have been avoided.
"On the ball we were very positive, very brave, we were playing the ball forward. When we created chances we could have been more clean. We wanted what City got and that's the three points. City were smart to get the goals in the way they did, they have a very good team and good players."
United are next in action against Chelsea at Old Trafford on Saturday.
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