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.
Pep Guardiola defended the performance of his Manchester City players...after Bernardo Silva had called it unacceptable. The Blues bossed the ball at Old Trafford but didn't do enough with it and were caught out in the first half when a quick free-kick from Bruno Fernandes was turned home by Anthony Martial.
Having failed to get themselves back into the game, City suffered further disappointment in injury time as Ederson threw the ball straight to Scott McTominay, who added a second goal for the home team.
Speaking immediately after the game, Bernardo Silva said the performance was not one that could be accepted by the players. "It was a bad game for us.
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