Ian Wright slams Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes for ‘lashing out’ at Arsenal and Liverpool stars

Ian Wright has slammed Bruno Fernandes for ‘lashing out’ at Arsenal and Liverpool’s players and says the Manchester United midfielder was ‘lucky’ not to get sent off in their recent defeats.

Fernandes, who signed a new contract at Old Trafford earlier in the month, cut a frustrated figure in United’s 4-0 defeat at Anfield last week and 3-2 loss at the Emirates on Saturday.

United were left chasing shadows in their first defeat as Premier League title contenders Liverpool showed their class with an emphatic win.

Towards the end of the humbling loss, Fernandes let his frustration get the better of him and committed a blatant foul on Trent Alexander-Arnold, perhaps fortunately only picking up a yellow card.

Fernandes had more of an impact against Arsenal but missed a crucial penalty which would have levelled the match and later – with the game all but gone – received a booking for a nasty challenge on Nuno Tavares.

Speaking on the Ringer FC podcast, Wright said: ‘Seeing Bruno Fernandes just lashing out at people, lashing out at Trent really wildly, and then the challenge on Nuno, you look at it and you think to yourself, “that’s not what Manchester United need from you my friend”.

‘Manchester United need a lot more than you going around trying to top people. He was lucky not to get sent off. But this is what it’s come to.’

Fernandes made a superb start to his Manchester United career following a big-money move from Sporting Lisbon in January 2020, scoring eight goals and making seven assists in his first 14 Premier League games.

The Portugal international continued to impressed last season with 30 goal involvements in 37 league appearances, but he has found success harder to come by this term, with just nine goals.

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