Bruno Fernandes sends warning to Manchester United team-mates after draw with Everton
Bruno Fernandes sent a scathing message to his Manchester United team-mates after their dramatic 3-3 draw with Everton at Old Trafford on Saturday night.
Manchester United star Fernandes, who scored a spectacular goal in the first half to give his side a 2-0 lead, was left fuming after the game. The Portuguese midfielder sent a harsh warning to his United team-mates in a post-match interview.
"I think we gave away the result, we gave away the game twice. Because after being 2-0 up at half-time, coming into the second half in the way we did, it's really bad," said Fernandes.
Manchester United headed into their game against Everton at Old Trafford on the back of a 9-0 thumping of Southampton. The Red Devils were huge favorites going into Saturday night's tricky fixture against their Merseyside opponents.
Manchester United were cruising after first-half goals from Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes but spurned their two-goal lead early in the second half after conceding goals to Abdoulaye Doucoure and James Rodriguez in the space of three minutes.
Manchester United looked to have sealed the three points when Scott McTominay scored his fourth goal of the season with a 70th minute header. The Red Devils, however, conceded a goal deep into second-half stoppage time when Dominic Calvert-Lewin slotted the ball past a helpless David de Gea to secure a draw for his side.
Fernandes added:
"We are condeing goals every game, we are conceding goals a lot of times and at home we concede too many goals. Too many bad results at home and this can't be possible."
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Bruno Fernandes lamented his side's poor second-half performance and said there were no excuses for the way Manchester United threw away their advantage.
"I think we have to win this game after being 2-0 up, you have to win this game. It doesn't matter how. You concede two goals and you come again and you score again," said Fernandes
"It's impossible to concede another goal again, from a free-kick in the half of the pitch, we concede a goal from there and the way we concede."