Bruno Fernandes: Man United star overtakes legend in key statistic | OneFootball

Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes continues to be one of the club’s most consistent performers.

Up and down season

The United captain has hardly been at his vintage best this season as he has had to play all of his football from a deep-lying midfield position.

He also missed two crucial penalties against Fulham and Brentford in the league, earlier in the season.

Nonetheless, he has still found time to be United’s most potent threat in chance creation.

He not only leads this metric for the Red Devils, but he also leads the league in this aspect.

Fernandes has created 35 chances this season, five more than the second placed Jeremy Doku and ten more than third placed Jack Grealish.

Assists

Fernandes underlined his importance yesterday with a much-improved second half performance where he provided two assists from free kicks.

The first was a lovely dink into the box which Joshua Zirkzee expertly controlled and fired in from an incredibly tight angle.

His second was a moment of quick thinking which caught everyone by surprise and allowed Mason Mount to curl in the winner from an indirect free kick.

Fernandes now has the joint most assists in the Premier League this season on five.

Climbing up the rankings

His two efforts yesterday now mean that Fernandes has overtaken United legend Paul Scholes in Premier League assists.

The two efforts were his 55th and 56th in the league and overtook Scholes who has 55 in total.

It means he now sits fourth in United’s all-time list, behind David Beckham, Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs.

Beckham provided 80, Rooney 93 and Giggs a scarcely believable 162.

What makes Fernandes’ achievements even more impressive is that Scholes played 499 matches in the league for United in comparison to the Portuguese’s 208.

Man United PL all-time assists

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