Bruno Fernandes has been a bit of a polarizing figure among Manchester United fans in recent years, but his stats so far at the club are hard to argue with.

In 134 games for Manchester United, he has scored 51 goals and set up 40 others. He has been a key player both inside and outside the club.
Erik ten Hag is the new manager of the Red Devils this year, and he had the whole preseason to get to know his team. But on the first weekend of the Premier League season, United embarrassingly lost to Brighton, 2-1. Their only goal was scored by a Brighton player in their net.
When the Athletic asked him about the game and how it felt, he said that the team’s confidence was low.
“You could feel it between us, between the fans, and in the atmosphere. It was like going back in time,” Fernandes said. “Everyone thought that trust was low again. No one was afraid, but they didn’t feel great about taking the ball. I sometimes had the feeling that it was ghosts from the past.”
After this game, Brentford beat them by a score of 4-0, which was an even worse loss.

Fernandes said, “Then Brentford was even worse.” “We gave up a goal for no reason, and all of a sudden you could see that the team was tired and didn’t have much confidence.”
When Fernandes talks about “ghosts from the past,” he is talking about the bad things that happened last season.
The Red Devils had a terrible season last year, from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s bad start and firing to finishing sixth in the Premier League and losing to Crystal Palace on the last day.

He then talked about how confidence affects a team: “In football, confidence is not everything, but it’s almost everything.
“It’s very important to have the trust of your teammates, coach, and fans, because when you miss a pass on the field and everyone is…
The Athletic says that then his face fell and he made “that unmistakable groaning sound” that football fans make when a pass goes wrong.
“At that moment, you can feel it. But when you miss a pass and react quickly, you can see that the fans like it, so for us, it’s about knowing we can do something.

Bruno Fernandes said that he knows that a player needs to change their mindset to regain confidence in their game.
“When I talk about the ghosts of the past, I mean that we used to feel like we were letting someone down every time we missed a pass or something, so we started missing more. Instead, you should tell yourself, “I have to try. I know that because, in my career, I’ve played more than 400 games. I’ve had bad games, great games, and just average games.
“You have to figure out what you did well in the good ones so you can keep having them and get rid of any doubts you have about your performance.”
Once the international break is over, Manchester United and Manchester City will play in the Manchester derby.


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