Fed up Man Utd fans fear Bruno Fernandes is ‘finished’ after incredible miss
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Bruno Fernandes has been slammed by furious Manchester United fans after missing an open goal in the club’s defeat by Middlesbrough in the FA Cup on Friday night.
United were dumped out of the competition in the fourth round after losing 8-7 on penalties to the Championship side following a1-1 draw at Old Trafford.
Anthony Elanga was the only player to missin the penalty shootout, skying his effort over the bar in sudden death to hand Middlesbrough a famous win.
But it was not the young striker who received the most criticism on social media from fed up United fans.
United had so many chances to win the match in normal time and could have gone in at the half-time break with a comfortable lead.
Jadon Sancho hit the bar following a defensive mix-up, Cristiano Ronaldo fired a penalty wide and Fernandes headed a great chance over.
Sancho did give the hosts the lead with a good finish, but their poor finishing came back to haunt them as Matt Crooks turned in from close range to make it 1-1 in the second half.
The Boro equaliser had plenty of controversy about it, coming after an apparent handball by Duncan Watmore, but it shouldn’t have mattered, had Fernandes taken a golden opportunity.
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The Portuguese midfielder intercepted a sloppy pass from Boro keeper Joe Lumley, who was out of his goal, only to scuff his attempt onto the post when he had half the unguarded goal to aim at.
It was an awful miss – and one which proved costly as Dean Henderson failed to save eight Boro penalties.
The shot from the edge of the penalty area with the goalkeeper stranded left some United fans in shock.
“Can't believe he actually missed from there,” said one on Twitter.
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“To be fair, it’s pretty far away from the penalty spot,” joked another.
“Finished player,” stated another.
“One of the reason behind our huge suffering,” wrote a United fan.
“Certain United fans were saying he was the new gen Eric Cantona..lol,” laughed one.
“Most overrated player in the world,” concluded another.
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- FA Cup
- Manchester United FC
- Bruno Fernandes
- Middlesbrough FC
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