Paul Scholes’ Bruno Fernandes worry as Man Utd draw with ‘unthreatening’ Arsenal

Paul Scholes has revealed his Bruno Fernandes worry after Manchester United failed to beat Arsenal on Saturday.

The Red Devils’ clash with a weakened Arsenal side ended 0-0 at the Emirates Stadium.

A win would have put United right back in the title race with Manchester City, but they provided an uninspired performance against a Gunners outfit who were missing the likes of Bukayo Saka and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

United have looked to Portuguese playmaker Fernandes to provide a spark in recent weeks, just as he did in the FA Cup win over Liverpool last weekend.

But Scholes admits that he has been unimpressed by the United no. 18 against the top sides in the league.

"They (United) can't seem to win those games [against the other teams at the top]," Scholes told Premier League Productions.

"When you're struggling against Sheffield United the other night, you're beaten by them and then you come to a big game, they just can't win them.

"They just can't find a way of doing it. Bruno Fernandes has been disappointing in every single one of them. He's had great numbers, great assists, great goals. In the last five games against big teams, he's had no goals, no assists.

"It's really worrying and that's why United are where they're at. They're in a good position tonight but it's not a position where you think 'this team will go on to win the league'.

"They've come to Arsenal, who aren't a great team, and they haven't won the big game. There is no desperation to win it either. I don't see them throwing bodies forward.

"Arsenal weren't a threat going forward, no Saka, no Aubameyang. United don't do enough to win these big games, they don't throw enough bodies forward and they don't have a desperation to win them and to go on to win the league."

The draw for United leaves them four points behind City, while the Sky Blues also have a game in hand.

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