Bruno Fernandes identifies Manchester United weakness against Crystal Palace, honest take on disappointing defeat

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Manchester United did nowhere near enough to get a desired result against Crystal Palace.

The Reds fell to a 2-0 defeat against Crystal Palace after offering nothing in the final third. It’s a criticism every player needs to take on board because Manchester United fans are being subjected to it far too often.

United had a bright start to the game as Kobbie Mainoo hit the post, but Crystal Palace hung on in the opening exchanges and grew in confidence as the game went on.

Palace opened the scoring after the hour mark through Jean-Philippe Mateta, who was in the right place to finish a rebound that had fallen his way after the ball came back off the crossbar. He also scored Palace’s second goal to make it 2-0.

United were toothless in response and the players were disappointed as a result.

Bruno Fernandes identifies Manchester United weakness

Bruno Fernandes is one of few United players who consistently creates chances.

Speaking to MUTV after the match, he stressed that United were not aggressive enough in the final third: “We spoke after the games we won. We said everything we did in the past would be forgotten if we don’t win the next one and that’s the case today.

“We need points in the Premier League, everyone is aware of that. It’s a different competition and we need to win, but unfortunately today, we didn’t get the three points.

“We lacked a little bit of aggression to get into the final third and [lacked] something to score goals. With the players we have in front, we need to have more goals and create more, take players on and get chances from that.

“We did have some chances but we didn’t have as many as we should have

“You build with results and when you win games, you get more confidence. We won the last three games and everyone was confident, so for us now, it’s a setback and we need to understand that we’ve doing some good things and even today, we showed some good things.

“The result doesn’t show that, but we can still achieve a lot doing the things we’ve been doing.”

United are 13^th in the Premier League and just 12 points clear of the relegation zone.

Top chance creator speaks out

These comments carry weight because they come from Fernandes.

If any player can’t be criticised for creating opportunities, it’s certainly Fernandes.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
1	LiverpoolLiverpool	23	17	5	1	56	21	35	56
2	ArsenalArsenal	23	13	8	2	44	21	23	47
3	Nottm ForestNottingham Forest	24	14	5	5	40	27	13	47
4	Man CityManchester City	23	12	5	6	47	30	17	41
5	NewcastleNewcastle	24	12	5	7	42	29	13	41
6	ChelseaChelsea	23	11	7	5	45	30	15	40
7	B’mouthBournemouth	24	11	7	6	41	28	13	40
8	Aston VillaAston Villa	24	10	7	7	34	37	-3	37
9	FulhamFulham	24	9	9	6	36	32	4	36
10	BrightonBrighton	24	8	10	6	35	38	-3	34
11	BrentfordBrentford	24	9	4	11	42	42	0	31
12	Crystal PalaceCrystal Palace	24	7	9	8	28	30	-2	30
13	Man UtdManchester United	24	8	5	11	28	34	-6	29
14	TottenhamTottenham	24	8	3	13	48	37	11	27
15	West HamWest Ham	23	7	6	10	28	44	-16	27
16	EvertonEverton	23	6	8	9	23	28	-5	26
17	WolvesWolves	24	5	4	15	34	52	-18	19
18	LeicesterLeicester	24	4	5	15	25	53	-28	17
19	IpswichIpswich	24	3	7	14	22	49	-27	16
20	SouthamptonSouthampton	24	2	3	19	18	54	-36	9

Now is the time we need someone else to take responsibility because Fernandes is not getting any younger.

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