Man Utd star Bruno Fernandes’ brother trolls rival fans after Liverpool FA Cup heroics

Manchester United v Liverpool: Match in pictures

Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes’ brother has trolled rival fans in the wake of the club’s FA Cup winner against Liverpool on Sunday. The Red Devils fell behind at Old Trafford when Mohamed Salah struck. But they managed to turn the game around to emerge victorious, booking their place in the fifth round of the competition in the process.

Salah gave Liverpool the lead with a beautiful chip, beating Dean Henderson from close range.

Mason Greenwood then struck for United to level things up, which was the England international’s first goal in 10 games.

Marcus Rashford fired United ahead but Salah scored again for the Reds.

In the closing stages, with the game delicately poised, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer threw Fernandes into the fray for Donny van de Beek.

And the Portugal international scored a sensational winner late on, beating Alisson Becker with a ferocious free kick.

It was a huge moment for the playmaker, who has been accused of going missing in matches against the big teams this term.

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And Fernandes’ brother, Ricardo Fernandes, couldn’t resist a dig at rival fans after the game.

He shared an image of Fernandes celebrating his goal against Liverpool on his Instagram story and said: “Another goal, another penalty.

“Ups…”

For United, it was a significant victory.

They’ve struggled against the top teams this season, losing to Arsenal and Tottenham while drawing against Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea in the league.

They recently lost to City in the Carabao Cup, exiting the competition at the semi-final stage for the second time in as many years.

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But United now have a big name under their belt and Solskjaer, speaking after the game, expressed his delight with the victory.

“We really played some good stuff in periods, they were some good goals we scored,” he told BBC Sport after the game.

“We had to defend well against them of course, and I think we managed to react well. Towards the end, there’s always some moments there but we kept them away.

“I hope everyone enjoyed it. As a coach, you’re so focused on all the little details. Obviously, I could see lots of positives, even though we conceded two goals.“

Fernandes, meanwhile, revealed Solskjaer had to drag him away from training nearly every day before the match.

“I think almost every day,” he said.

“Sometimes he has to kick me out of the training to stop.

“I’m always working on that kind of situation. I like to watch and learn from Juan [Mata] because I think he is a really good specialist.

“I think in training we stay there most of the time – me and Juan stay longer, but also Alex [Telles], Rashy [Marcus Rashford], Fred also stays with us – but I think it’s only to have fun for Fred.”

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has called for calm after the defeat.

“There was a lot of good things and some mistakes around the goals. If you want to win here you have to be absolutely top and we were not,” he said.

“For the first goal we had no protection, we wanted it too much. Things like this should not happen but they can happen. We had too many players in a receiving position.

“We can take things out of this game, we try to learn from every game. It’s good for Mo Salah, good for the confidence.

“It was a tough game. We want it hard but tonight it was not enough.

“If you win a game there are negatives, if you lose a game too but I saw the boys really, really wanted it.

“We had problems on the counter-attack, it was intense, but there were positives.”

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