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Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has admitted that he let his teammates down of their 3-0 loss vs. Tottenham Hotspur however insisted his crimson card was not warranted.
Fernandes was despatched off simply earlier than the break, for a foul on Spurs playmaker James Maddison.
The United no.8 slipped as he tried to deal with Maddison and in his eagerness to nonetheless make a problem, clumsily caught the Spurs man excessive on the leg.
Referee Chris Kavanagh instantly brandished a crimson card as he gave Fernandes his marching orders.
Kavanagh’s resolution has elicited a variety of debate, with many suggesting that it was a harsh one, contemplating he slipped, and a yellow card would have sufficed.
Fernandes had beforehand gone 241 matches with out selecting up a crimson card in his United profession.
After the ultimate whistle, he volunteered to talk to Sky Sports activities and slammed the choice to ship him off. He remarked [via Manchester Evening News), “I let my teammates down.”
“I do appreciate everything they did on the pitch and obviously it was tough for them. We didn’t start the game well with 11 vs 11.”
“Then we got the situation with the red card and I think they did very well. We conceded another two goals and it was difficult to cover all the spaces, but I think there are many good things we can take away from this.”
“The resilience of the team was there and I’m proud of the team.”
The Portugal international added, “Obviously nobody likes to be sent off and it’s not a good feeling seeing my teammates running a lot and trying a lot to get a result because that’s what they were trying to do.”
“We ended up conceding another two goals but they tried everything. Part of slipping and going in, I didn’t go into the tackle with studs and I take him with my ankle. It’s a clear foul but never a red card and that’s my feeling. He [Maddison] stated it was a foul however by no means a crimson card. I feel on the eyes of everybody you possibly can see it’s by no means a crimson card.”
“If it is a crimson card, we now have to have a look at many different incidents and I see many incidents of Onana getting kicked and I by no means see it so rapidly coming as a crimson card. It’s by no means a crimson card. The contact isn’t that sturdy and if he desires to offer a yellow as a result of it’s a counter-attack, I agree, after which I don’t perceive why VAR doesn’t name the referee to the display.”
Fernandes concluded, “We discovered a variety of areas however couldn’t join [before the sending off] and I feel it wasn’t all the time like one contact extra, not fast passes, not fast hyperlink up and we give the ball away too many occasions. The purpose comes from one dangerous go from me after which they rating the purpose.”
The Crimson Devils skipper will now miss the membership’s subsequent three top-flight matches vs. Aston Villa, Brentford and West Ham.
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