Bruno Fernandes pulls no punches despite Man Utd heroics in clear message to teammates

Bruno Fernandes scored a stoppage-time victor arsenic Manchester United moved 1 measurement person to the Europa League circular of 16 with a nervy triumph astatine location to Rangers

Manchester United skipper Bruno Fernandes was his team's leader against Rangers, but called retired his team's deficiency of consistency contempt the important win.

United claimed a 4th successive European win acknowledgment to a stoppage-time effort from Fernandes, but whitethorn consciousness they should person had triumph wrapped up sooner. Jack Butland's ain extremity enactment them successful beforehand aboriginal successful the 2nd half, but Cyriel Dessers embarrassed Harry Maguire to equalise earlier the late, precocious winner.

Ruben Amorim's broadside person present won 4 connected the rotation successful Europe, 3 of those nether the Portuguese. They beryllium 4th with 1 circular of league signifier fixtures to go, and a constituent distant to FCSB could good beryllium capable to seal a top-eight decorativeness and debar a play-off round.

It's a antithetic communicative successful the league, though, with United taking conscionable 4 points from their past six games. Fernandes recognised the value of Thursday's European win, but besides fired a informing to the remainder of the squad amid their caller struggles.

"We are a small frustrated, astatine the infinitesimal we commencement precise good this twelvemonth against Liverpool (in the league) and Arsenal (in the FA Cup), past Southampton we had bully resilience - past the Brighton game, wherever everything went wrong," Fernandes told TNT Sport aft the win. "It was important to get the triumph today, we privation to get done to the last successful Bilbao and to beryllium successful the archetypal 8 truthful we don't person to play 2 much games.

"It's not astir proving our character, we person to beryllium that successful 90 minutes. We can't lone bring that retired erstwhile we concede a goal. We request to beryllium accordant done the 90 minutes. Unfortunately, we conceded a precocious extremity and had to people a precocious winner.

"At this club, you request to triumph each game. You cognize if you don't bash that, it's going to beryllium pugnacious - this is simply a monolithic nine utilized to winning games. I anticipation our fans don't get utilized to losing games, I privation them to judge successful the players and that we tin triumph each game."

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While United's triumph leaves them successful rod presumption to advancement arsenic 1 of the apical 8 finishers, it's a antithetic communicative for Rangers. Philippe Clement's broadside are apt to extremity up extracurricular the automatic qualifying positions adjacent if they bushed Union SG successful their last game, but they're successful enactment for a play-off spot careless of the result.

"We missed 8 players today, past you request to marque 2 changes astatine half-time and enactment players retired of position," Clement said aft injuries deprived him of players erstwhile more. "But you spot however it's a radical who wants to work, to instrumentality to the plan. They privation to bash everything for the colours of the club.

"I can't inquire much than what they gave today. We tin speech astir the details, wherever we made mistakes, oregon that we had chances and didn't person them - but determination were a batch of positives. It's bully that they're each gutted successful the dressing room. That's the mentality I privation to see."

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