Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (born 8 September 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Portugal national team as a midfielder. Fernandes started his career at Serie B side Novara Calcio and soon featured for Udinese and Sampdoria in Serie A.
In 2017, he signed with Sporting CP where he established himself as one of the best players in the Primeira Liga. He was named the LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year in both 2017–18 and 2018–19. In the latter season, he also helped Sporting win the Taça de Portugal. A senior international since 2017, Fernandes represented Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Manchester United are level on points with Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table - but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer still saw room for improvement after beating Aston Villa.
The Red Devils were left clinging on for a 2-1 win at Old Trafford with Eric Bailly pulling off an impressive block in the dying seconds.
After the game, Solskjaer pointed to United’s need to learn to close out games with greater ease - and he had the full support of match winner Bruno Fernandes.
Solskjaer told Sky Sports: “To be fair, I didn’t enjoy the last 10 minutes too much because I think we should’ve seen the game out in a better way. “It seemed like it was a Cup final or a last game of the season. “We need to learn to play out games better when we’re in the
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