'Circus act': Roy Keane unimpressed with Bruno Fernandes assist record

Manchester United legend Roy Keane takes no prisoners as a pundit and it's safe to say he was unimpressed with Bruno Fernandes matching the Premier League assist record.

The United captain notched up his 20th assist of the season in United's 3-2 victory over Nottingham Forest on Saturday. This puts him on a par with Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne, who previously hit that mark for Arsenal and Manchester City.

However, Fernandes will have a chance to surpass that in United's last game of the season against Brighton on Sunday.

Speaking on the Stick to Football podcast, Keane said there has been too much focus on Fernandes breaking the record, rather than the success of the team.

"Look at the second half, he admitted himself. First half he had a few shots but then it all became about the assists."

"You're going to get assists in that position he plays. 20 would be better if you're winning trophies," Keane said on the podcast.

"When you're the captain of the club and you're supposed to be driving the club forward, do not be getting bogged down by your role in the team, just assists. I think what I heard at United at the weekend, I was raging with it.

"The whole chat about his assists and players talking about assists. He got interviewed after the match, and I was watching and everyone was talking about assists. The game was about his assists. After the game he got interviewed and he said in his interview, the captain of Man United, 'A few times I should have shot but I made them passes' [Fernandes really said he should have passed rather than shot]."

Keane added: "How can your mindset about football be going into a match and talking about an individual record? He's going to get all of them stats anyway but to become the