Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes is not one to hide his emotions when he is upset on a football pitch.
A 2-1 defeat to Leeds United was exactly what Michael Carrick was trying to avoid after Manchester United’s 24-day break from Premier League action.
A Noah Okafor brace inside 30 minutes left Old Trafford stunned, and Casemiro’s header in the second half proved to be just a consolation.
Bruno Fernandes added another assist to his tally, but the Portuguese playmaker was far from pleased with United’s overall performance, and in one moment, he expressed his frustration at goalkeeper Senne Lammens.
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Bruno Fernandes criticised Senne Lammens’ passing vs Leeds
United’s passing was sloppy and lethargic in the first half against Leeds, and the visitors took full advantage.
If anything, United were lucky to head into the break only two goals down. Lammens was spared his blushes when Lisandro Martinez made a last-ditch tackle on Ao Tanaka in the first half.
It was visible at Old Trafford that Fernandes lashed out at Lammens, and it was spotted by Samuel Luckhurst, who wrote on X: “Fernandes just had a right go at Lammens over his distribution.
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“The four changes by far the most Carrick has made to a starting XI and it seems to have completely thrown United.”
Fernandes made it clear that he was frustrated with Lammens passing out from the back when United repeatedly lost possession in their own half.
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Senne Lammens’ passing put Man Utd under pressure
As per SofaScore, Lammens had a 75% pass accuracy and just a 58% accuracy on long passes against Leeds.
But it was in his short passing where Lammens truly put United under pressure. In the first half in particular, the Belgian chose the wrong pass on a few occasions.
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Lammens played a lazy pass to Yoro which ended up with Tanaka dribbling past him and almost scoring but for a superb Martinez block.
Lammens’ shot-stopping was still impressive with three total saves and 0.48 goals prevented, but his passing was lacking in the first half and Fernandes let him know it.
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