Bruno Fernandes has insisted that Manchester United’s 3-1 victory over Aston Villa was an ‘important’ moment within the Red Devils’ 2025-26 Premier League season.
The 31-year-old Manchester United captain appeared on the Red Devils’ official podcast after Bruno Fernandes won the Premier League Player of the Month award for March.
Fernandes secured the Premier League prize for the sixth time in his Old Trafford spell and the midfielder equalled Cristiano Ronaldo’s feat at the Premier League club.
The Portugal international was in superb form in March and his impact was felt in Man Utd’s encounter with Aston Villa at Old Trafford ahead of the March break.
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Bruno Fernandes spotlights what Man Utd and Aston Villa meant to him in the Premier League campaign
Casemiro, Matheus Cunha and Benjamin Sesko all netted in the second half to seal Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Aston Villa in their Premier League clash.
Bruno Fernandes played a starring role in the Premier League fixture, with the Red Devils skipper assisting both Casemiro’s opener and Matheus Cunha’s strike.
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The Portugal and United midfielder was asked for the most memorable moment of March in his eyes after he scooped his latest Premier League Player of the Month award.
“I think the Villa one because obviously the importance of the game,” he said on Inside Carrington, as per Manchester United’s official website.
“Two teams fighting for kind of the same position and obviously the result was very good.”
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What stood out the most for Bruno Fernandes in the Man Utd vs Aston Villa match at Old Trafford in the Premier League?
Both United and Villa are pushing for a top-four Premier League finish and the encounter against Unai Emery’s men was deemed a big test for the Red Devils.
Since the 3-1 win at Old Trafford, United are now one point clear of fourth-place Aston Villa going into their final seven Premier League matches of the season.
Fernandes claimed the Premier League result in March showed the quality of his performance and Man Utd as a whole under interim head coach Michael Carrick.
“I think performance-wise it was a very good performance from my side, but also from the team,” he added.
“We [are] very good [at] closing the game and getting the three points.”
United will return to Premier League action on 13th April against Leeds United, with the Red Devils hosting their rivals in the post-March international break.
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