Manchester United will start without Bruno Fernandes on Sunday afternoon with the United skipper reportedly on the bench for their Premier League clash with Bournemouth
Bruno Fernandes has been dropped
Bruno Fernandes has been dropped(Image: Eleanor Hoad/Every Second Media/Shutterstock)
Bruno Fernandes has been dropped by Michael Carrick after his bombshell interview. The Portuguese skipper was hooked by Carrick during their Como embarrassment on Wednesday evening - and he didn't hold back after the clash.
Fernandes slammed Carrick's tactics in a post-match interview, and he now appears to have been dropped for their Premier League clash with Bournemouth. According to The Athletic, Fernandes has been named on the bench for Sunday's crunch clash.
Carrick had been asked if he would strip Fernandes of the captain's armband ahead of the clash: “I’ll always do what’s best for the football club,” he said. “If I’ve spoken to (Fernandes) or haven’t spoken to him, I don’t think this is the time to go into too much detail.”
Bruno Fernandes.
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Speaking to TNT Sports on Wednesday, Fernandes openly questioned his manager: "It's a decision from the staff to not press man to man and sometimes leave space behind and try to get the ball, wait for them.
"But sometimes when you give space to these teams they get confidence. It's not the first time, we started on the wrong foot, and they scored very early.
"Not much pressure on the ball, not many good movements with the ball, not many things going our way.
"Conceding early makes us go into game with a mood of defeat, it's difficult to get out of that, trying to be brave, to have the ball and make something happen. If we are not able to do that, it is going to be very difficult to get out of this situation."
When pushed on Carrick's responsibility for the loss, Fernandes responded: "That's on the manager and staff to see, not me. Sometimes you have to be more brave under pressure, take the risk of pressing high and making them uncomfortable.
"As you saw with them [Como], the centre-back was coming to mark me in my own half. We need to do that as a team but we were unable to. A team that plays through the middle with small connections, if you give them too much time and space then they can hurt you out wide."