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.
David de Gea has praised Manchester United for defeating Barcelona in the Europa League, despite conceding an early penalty.
After making a positive start to the game, United found themselves trailing 1-0 after Bruno Fernandes conceded a penalty in the 15th minute, which Robert Lewandowski converted from the spot, despite De Gea almost saving it.
Barcelona looked the better side after that setback and they led at half-time, but Erik ten Hag replaced Wout Weghorst with Antony at the break and his changes immediately paid dividends when Fred scored a well-taken equaliser. ALSO READ: Man United player ratings as Fred and Antony brilliant The comeback was complete shortly after that when substitute Antony scored in the 70th minute to make the game 2-1.
De Gea, speaking after the game, admitted he was delighted with the team's response to conceding first, but he criticised the referee's decision to award Barcelona a penalty for Fernandes' contact on Alejandro Balde in the opening stages. "It was a big game playing against one of the best teams in Europe," De Gea told MUTV. "Being 1-0 down, I've watched a replay of the penalty and it wasn't a penalty but the reaction of the team was unbelievable. "The second half was almost perfect.
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