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Manchester United skipper Bruno Fernandes has joined the likes of Mohamed Salah and Cesc Fabregas on an exclusive list. It came after his assist in his side's 4-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Molineux Stadium on Monday, December 8.
Fernandes opened the scoring for United in the 25th minute before Jean-Ricner Bellegarde equalized in the first-half stoppage time. Bryan Mbeumo scored in the 51st minute, before Fernandes provided an assist for Mason Mount's goal in the 62nd minute. The Portuguese midfielder completed his brace in the 82nd minute via a penalty.
With his assist, Fernandes has now provided an assist in each of his last five Premier League away appearances for Manchester United. He joins Salah, Fabregas, Gerard Deulofeu, and Muzzy Izzet on the list of players to have provided an assist in five consecutive Premier League games.
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The assist also took Fernandes to six assists and four goals in 15 league games this season. He is third in the list of most assists provided in Europe's Top 5 leagues, behind Michael Olise (8) and Lamine Yamal (7).
Meanwhile, with the win, Manchester United moved to sixth in the Premier League standings, level on points with fifth-placed Chelsea.
James Maddison says Manchester United skipper Bruno Fernandes is 'underrated'
James Maddison, who is recovering from an ACL injury, was on punditry duty on Sky Sports on Monday. While analyzing Manchester United's goals against Wolves with Jamie Carragher, he heaped praise on Bruno Fernandes. He said:
"Well Bruno was at the heart of everything. Bruno's just such a top player ... I think he's actually probably underrated to many, Bruno. And I know he gets a lot of plaudits anyway but I think he is kind of underrated, like, for the quality that he shows consistently."
"Just every time he's on the ball, he does like to always look for the longer pass; he looks short, and some players have the ability to see every pass without having to look short, look long; he can just see it all. And the quality he has, you see with the Mason [Mount] goal, it's on a plate for him. He does that time and time again, to be fair," he added.
Manchester United signed Fernandes from Sporting CP in January 2020. He has since scored 102 goals and provided 92 assists in 306 games for the club. He's helped them win the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
