Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has been supported by coach Ten Haag and teammate Marcus Rashford. After the embarrassing defeat to Liverpool in the Premier League, there was widespread criticism against the Portuguese player who holds the title of captain.
United’s defeat was by seven one-sided goals in the match. Bruno Fernandes’ attempts to leave the field before the end of the 90 minutes were also heavily criticized. It was criticized that the Portuguese player, who was supposed to be the middle engine, was struggling and it was not right for the player to continue in the captain’s position.
Dismissing all the criticism, Ten Haag expressed his optimistic belief that the skipper will perform well in the upcoming matches. ‘Everyone must learn, I must learn, and he will learn because he is intelligent. He is a great inspiration to the team. But no one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes. I am very happy to have someone like Bruno in the team. If Harry Maguire is not on the field, Bruno is the captain of the team’ – Ten Haag responded.
Rashford also declared his full support for Bruno. ‘I love playing with Bruno. A forward like me needs a player like him to play. He is also a good leader. “I support Bruno 100 per cent, we are behind him and as a team we will support him because he is a great player, as the boss said,” Rashford said.
United’s next game is against Spanish club Real Betis in the Europa League on Thursday.