Fernandes insists that United should have had another penalty in Bournemouth draw | OneFootball

Bruno Fernandes insists that Manchester United should have had another penalty in their 2-2 draw against Bournemouth.

Fernandes opened the scoring for United with a penalty, but Bournemouth equalised through Ryan Christie just moments after Amad Diallo was not given a penalty after going down under pressure from Adrien Truffert.

United eventually regained the lead through a James Hill own goal but Junior Kroupi levelled in the 81st minute through a penalty which saw Harry Maguire sent off in a similar incident to the one was not given between Truffert and Diallo.

After the game the Premier League match centre posted on X: “The referee’s call of no penalty for a challenge by Truffert was checked and confirmed by VAR – with it deemed the contact was not sufficient for a foul.”

United captain Fernandes criticised the decision after the match.

“Disappointed because we did enough to get three points,” he said. “Had to finish with a lot of suffering and trying not to concede. Frustration onto ourselves because we could’ve gone 2-0 up and from that we conceded another goal.

“Not getting a penalty and then we get a penalty against where it’s the same situation as Amad – one is one, one is not. I know it’s difficult for the referee to give two penalties to the same team in one game but I don’t understand why VAR doesn’t get involved in that situation or with Harry [Maguire] because either one is a penalty and so is the other or none of them are.

“Amad is getting to a point where he’s going to shoot and he gets pushed – you can see that something puts him completely out of balance.

“It’s frustrating for the small players because they always say the small players are soft and when it’s the bigger players they end up giving the fouls. I think the other situation is a penalty but I also think the one on Amad is a penalty and that could’ve changed the game.”

Despite only managing a point on the south coast, Fernandes said that there is still positive energy within the group, especially since Michael Carrick took over.

“That’s always been part of the club,” Fernandes explained. “It doesn’t change with the manager in charge. Last weeks we’ve been positive with the result and that gives positive energy to the team to understand we can go anywhere and get results.

“We’ve been in very good form under Michael [Carrick] and today we had to suffer and we did get a point – we got something from it.

“What could be better is that we get three points in the next game which we couldn’t get today. Premier League is very tough and we have lots of competition.

“Aston Villa are close to us and Liverpool and Chelsea too. Our aim is to move forwards by keep getting points, we have to get away from them and the best way to do that is to keep getting points. If you want to get closer to the one in front of you you still have to get the three points.”