Juan Mata and Scott McTominay make Bruno Fernandes feelings clear after Man United red card response

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has received message of support from Juan Mata, Scott McTominay and many others following a difficult week. Though the decision was retrospectively overturned, the Portugal international was shown a straight red card against Tottenham last Sunday with his team going on to lose 3-0 at Old Trafford.

Following that result, pressure on Erik ten Hag increased significantly ahead of some very challenging away fixtures at Porto and Aston Villa. Concerns over his future looked set to alleviate when United stormed into a two-goal lead at Estadio do Dragao, however the game quickly turned on its head with Porto 3-2 ahead after just 50 minutes.

Things went from bad to worse later in the second half with Fernandes shown a second yellow card for a high foot. Despite being at a man disadvantage, United equalised when Harry Maguire, off the bench, headed home from a corner.

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Despite his dismissal, Fernandes is available to face Aston Villa on Sunday but will miss United's next Europa League against Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce. Though one was overturned, Fernandes being sent off twice in just five days is far from ideal with the experienced midfielder taking to social media to issue an honest response.

"Tough moment as a team and personally for me, one of the hardest. Almost 5 years at the club with ups and downs, good and bad moments," he wrote on Instagram. "Personally, I have always had challenges and adversities throughout my career and something that’s never happened was that I go silent or