Bruno Fernandes gave a passionate interview after he helped Manchester United beat Roma 3-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday night.
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Bruno Fernandes claimed there had been no clear-the-air talks between himself and Michael Carrick after he criticised the Manchester United head coach's tactics a fortnight ago.
Fernandes was dropped by Carrick for the defeat to Bournemouth in the wake of his incendiary interview. Clear-the-air talks were understood to have taken place between the captain and his head coach before he was restored to the starting XI against Chelsea, but Fernandes has denied that is the case.
Speaking after his side's dramatic 3-2 comeback win over Roma, Fernandes was asked whether the result could have saved Carrick's job given the pressure he is under to secure results. While he admitted it was a big result for everyone at the club, he was keen to lift the lid on a frantic few weeks.
"The club needed that win, the players needed that win, it's something that we needed as a group of players. We've been working so hard to get out of this situation together," he told Amazon Prime.
"It's been tough, there's been a lot of speculation in the media, a lot of lies around many things that happened in this club between me and the manager, like that we had clear-the-air talks. Nothing like that happened.
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"The manager took a decision to put myself on the bench [vs Chelsea] because I wasn't performing and that's fair, everyone felt it was a punishment for the words I said, and if it was, it was right. The manager is the one who makes the decisions; I have to accept them, I have to go forward with them.
"It doesn't change the belief I have on the manager, on the staff and every player in this club, and it doesn't change my aim to win every f****** game ahead of me."
When asked whether the win over Roma could be a turning point in what has been a dismal season so far for United, Fernandes responded: "It should be."