Manchester United’s star midfielder Fernandes says team put on flawless display to beat Man City 2-0 and end their 21-game winning streak; insists Red Devils are still in Premiership title race
Man United’s Bruno Fernandes (right) celebrates his goal against Man City with teammates during their EPL match on Sunday. Pic/AFP
Bruno Fernandes hailed an almost perfect performance from Manchester United to end Manchester City’s 21-match winning streak in all competitions with a 2-0 derby win at the Etihad on Sunday.
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Fernandes’s early penalty and Luke Shaw’s first Premier League goal for three years moved United back into second place, 11 points adrift of runaway leaders City.
‘League is a marathon’
“Today we did almost everything perfect,” said Fernandes. “The league is not a sprint, this is a marathon. We have to do our best and not think about others.”
United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted a landmark win for his side has almost certainly come too late to reignite the Premier League title race. But just a third win in nine league games takes United back above Leicester and opens up an eight-point cushion in the battle to secure a Top-4 finish. “They are too far [ahead] to think we can catch them,” said Solskjaer. “Even today they put you under so much pressure you see you are playing against a very good team.”
City had not even trailed in an EPL match for 20 games stretching back to their last defeat to Tottenham in November. However, the visitors were gifted the lead after just 34 seconds when Gabriel Jesus’s clumsy challenge on Anthony Martial saw referee Anthony Taylor point to the spot.
Fernandes has failed to match the high standards he has set as United’s key man in recent weeks, but the Portuguese midfielder has maintained his dead eye from the penalty spot and his strike had too much power for Ederson.
Reality check for City
Shaw then stung Ederson’s palms with City still shell-shocked by their slow start. “We played good apart from the first 10 minutes,” said City boss Pep Guardiola. “Unfortunately we could not be clinical up front. The news is not today, the news is 21 victories in a row. This result is going to help us a lot to understand how difficult it is. The important thing is the next one. There are 30 points to play for and we need to win again.”
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