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.
Victor Lindelof was struck by an object thrown from a spectator during the celebrations of Manchester United’s equaliser in the FA Cup final.
A controversial VAR decision had handed the Reds a penalty after Manchester City attacker Jack Grealish was deemed to have committed a handball offence following Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s header.
Bruno Fernandes coolly stepped up to slot the ball away to make it 1-1 on 33 minutes after Ilkay Gundogan’s opener for City after 12 seconds - a record for the quickest goal scored in an FA Cup final. ALSO READ: Man City vs Manchester United LIVE In the celebrations for United’s goal, an object thrown from an area where Manchester City fans were sitting hit Lindelof in the face, causing him to fall to the floor.
Video footage appeared to show it was a lighter that had been thrown. Fernandes and Casemiro appeared to both take issue with the crowd while a number of other United players made referee Paul Tierney aware of what had happened.
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