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.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer jumped to the defence of David de Gea after his goalkeeping blunder in Manchester United ’s 1-1 draw at Tottenham.
The Spaniard was unable to prevent Steven Bergwijn from scoring after flapping at his powerful effort goal in the first half.
United ended up snatching a point at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium due to Bruno Fernandes ’ penalty with 10 minutes remaining.
But it was De Gea that was the talk of the Sky Sports studio at half-time, where former United captain Roy Keane was analysing the game.And the Irishman did not hold back in his criticism of the keeper, claiming that he would have been ‘swinging punches’ at him in the dressing room.
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