Bruno Fernandes Gives Brutally Honest Interview as Amorim Tactics Questioned

Manchester United skipper Bruno Fernandes delivered a firm reply when asked about his side’s tactical approach during their 3-0 loss to Manchester City.

City secured a dominant win at the Etihad Stadium, with Phil Foden heading in the opener before Erling Haaland struck twice.

Foden found space unmarked for the first, while a poor pass from Luke Shaw gifted Haaland the chance to sprint the

Earlier, the Norwegian squandered a chance for the opener after Manuel Ugarte’s back pass fell short for Matthijs de Ligt, forcing the defender to stretch and eventually surrender possession.

Fernandes offered little impact in attack, once again deployed in a deeper midfield role next to Ugarte.

The defeat adds further pressure on coach Ruben Amorim, who has still not managed back-to-back Premier League victories since taking charge last December.

As he regularly does after a major defeat, Fernandes stepped up for media duties and faced challenging questions about United’s tactical setup and his teammates’ displays.

“What we did today was not enough to get the result, and that’s all we have to take from this game,” he told Sky Sports journalist Patrick Davison.

“We need to score goals and not concede – that’s the main thing of football. We keep creating chances to score but we’re not able to score as many as we wanted, and I think we have to be more in control in certain situations. We gave three goals away that we have avoided.”

When Davison pressed him on whether he felt City aimed to ‘overwhelm’ United’s midfield duo, he responded: “No, because we play with a back five, or sometimes with a four or a three, whatever you want to call it.

“We need people to be very aggressive in the moment of pressure. We need to get the moments of jumping because if not, the midfielders get under load.”

Bruno Fernandes says Man Utd need “to take more risks” in order to win games 🗣️

“If you look at City, they had Rodri, Tiji [Reijnders], Bernardo coming in, Foden. They make basically a midfield four against a two. So you need the ones in behind you to jump, like Luke [Shaw] was doing very well on Tiji. We did it in the first game against Arsenal, that’s why they didn’t play. They couldn’t find the spaces to play.

“That’s what makes the spaces very narrow to play against a team that is very aggressive to play on the front foot. If you’re not brave enough to do that, they will find the spaces to play because we’re playing against a top opponent.

“The result is very bad, and it’s very bad on us, but I think it’s two ways of looking at the game. The goals could have been avoided on our side, but on the ball we were very positive, very brave,