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.
Manchester United corner this season - and all 131 of them have ended goalless.The Red Devils have a squad stacked with talent, so should have no issue with finding a good set-piece taker.They've also got Harry Maguire, England's 6'3" heading machine at the 2018 World Cup, his 6'2" centre-back partner Raphael Varane, and the 6'1" Cristiano Ronaldo as aerial threats.But none of Bruno Fernandes, Luke Shaw, Mason Greenwood, Alex Telles or Jadon Sancho have been able to set-up their team-mates from the corner spot.One United fan took it upon themselves to put together all the failed attempts from the 2021/22 campaign so far.Twitter user @ndcomps shared the video which covers all competitions.
eEven at a sped up rate, the clip clocks in at six minutes and 51 seconds.It understandably riled up the club's fanbase, with one replying: "Set piece delivery is awful...
can’t beat the 1st man more often than not. It’s either under hit or over hit, so frustrating.""How is this even f***ing possible?!?!," asked another.A third added: "It’s not just this season though.
It’s been like this for about 8-10 years." Who should be on corners for United? Let us know in the comments section. Their frustration is not helped by how well their city rivals do from the set-piece situation, as one fan pointed out.They wrote: "City just have their centre-backs and Rodri and they somehow manage to score a set piece goal, a lot of them in important situations, almost every other game."United are the only Premier League side to have not scored from a corner yet.That stat is made all the more harrowing by the fact United appointed a set-piece specialist last summer.Former Chelsea coach Eric Ramsay joined under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's reign but has remained.
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