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Manchester United reverted to kind and let a lead slip at dwelling to bottom-half opposition towards West Ham United.
After Diogo Dalot handed the hosts the lead, depth as soon as once more waned and the Hammers grabbed an equaliser to take the air out of United’s sails with a 1-1 draw.
Flat efficiency however not from Fernandes
There isn’t any getting away from the truth that the match was one other shocker from the Pink Devils, and for big swathes of the sport they regarded off the tempo.
However as has so usually been the case, Bruno Fernandes tried completely every thing to avoid wasting the workforce he captains and made some priceless contributions which on one other day might have helped produce a optimistic end result.
The Portuguese made a match-leading 5 key passes and took an enormous 102 touches on the beating coronary heart of the workforce – no one else took greater than 74.
He accomplished 82% of his tried passes, discovering his man with 60 of his tried 70, bested solely by Noussair Mazraoui.
That mentioned, he additionally misplaced possession 22 occasions, the joint-highest determine of anybody on the pitch as an industrious West Ham hounded the boys in purple.
Though taking part in in his deeper position he peppered the purpose, hitting the submit as soon as and lacking one large probability. He acquired one shot on course, put two large and had three blocked.
Defensive duties carried out
Fernandes dug in defensively, too, and was an important half in breaking apart the play as West Ham surged into the sport.
No one on both workforce made greater than the 31-year-old’s 4 tackles, and he wasn’t dribbled previous as soon as.
On high of this he made three clearances, and his complete of seven defensive contributions was bested solely by Mazraoui and Casemiro on eight.
He was sport within the duel, too, successful 4 of seven on the bottom and two of three within the air.
| Participant | Bruno Fernandes |
|---|---|
| Targets | 0 |
| Anticipated targets (xG) | 0.55 |
| Assists | 0 |
| Anticipated assists (xA) | 0.12 |
| Key passes | 5 |
| Crosses (correct) | 8 (2) |
| Correct passes | 60/73 (82%) |
| Passes in opposition half (acc.) | 40/51 (78%) |
| Passes in personal half (acc.) | 20/22 (91%) |
| Lengthy balls (correct) | 3/5 (60%) |
| Complete photographs | 6 |
| Anticipated targets on course (xGOT) | 0.11 |
| Pictures on course | 1 |
| Hit woodwork | 1 |
| Pictures blocked | 2 |
| Large possibilities missed | 1 |
| Offsides | 1 |
| Touches | 102 |
| Unsuccessful touches | 1 |
| Dribbles (profitable) | 1 (0) |
| Possession misplaced | 22 |
| Tackles (received) | 4 (3) |
| Interceptions | 0 |
| Clearances | 3 |
| Blocked photographs | 0 |
| Recoveries | 7 |
| Floor duels (received) | 7 (4) |
| Aerial duels (received) | 3 (2) |
| Fouls | 1 |
| Dribbled previous | 0 |
It was a desperately poor end result, due in no small half to United’s lack of depth, however it’s truthful to say that Fernandes might hardly have carried out extra to encourage his workforce to a greater end result.
Stats taken from sofascore.
Featured picture Justin Setterfield through Getty Pictures
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