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.
Bruno Fernandes' penalty ensured a share of the spoils against Jose Mourinho's side as United fought back following Steven Bergwijn's opening strike.
It was a up-and-down performance from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side that improved after the introduction of Paul Pogba on 63 minutes.
And it was a moment involving both Pogba and Fernandes, as well as forwards Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial that got supporters talking after the game.It came shortly after the introduction of Pogba and Mason Greenwood for the final half-hour of the game, with United putting together a nice attacking move, which almost brought a goal.The ball started out on the left flank with Rashford, who played it inside to Pogba.
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