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.
straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United's fans and players were left frustrated after referee Craig Pawson opted to halt a counter-attack by blowing for half-time against West Brom.
After Mbaye Diagne had headed West Brom into an early lead, United equalised shortly before half-time when Bruno Fernandes produced a superb volley from Luke Shaw's cross.
The Baggies responded relatively brightly to the goal, winning three corners in a row, although they took some time over setting up for each of the separate set-pieces.
After the third corner, Anthony Martial intercepted a pass from Ainsley Maitland-Niles and looked to launch a counter-attack, only for referee Pawson to blow for half-time.
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