“I was raging” – Roy Keane tears into Man Utd & Bruno Fernandes for ‘cringe’ display | OneFootball

Roy Keane bashed Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes for prioritising personal glory over the team’s best interest on Sunday.

On the penutlimate round of the season, the Red Devils hosted Nottingham Forest for the final home fixture of campaign.

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Michael Carrick’s men prevailed by three goals to two, with Luke Shaw, Matheus Cunha, and Bryan Mbuemo getting on the scoresheet.

Roy Keane slams Bruno Fernandes & MUFC teammates for their demeanor against Forest

While Man Utd were happy to sign off with a win at Old Trafford, it was obvious that the team was also hoping to help Fernandes break the Premier League assist record per season.

The Portuguese entered the game with 19 assists in his tally, just one behind the Thierry Henry and Kevin de Bruyne.

The 31-year-old provided the assist for the third goal scored by Mbeumo, thus equalling the Arsenal and Man City legends. However, he just couldn’t find the elusive 21st assist, and it remains to be seen if he’ll be able to set a new record on the final day of the season in Brighton.

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However, Keane didn’t enjoy this spectacle, to say the least. The legendary Man Utd captain was left fuming by Bruno, who admitted that in his post-match interview that he opted against shooting on few occasions in the hopes of grabbing an assist.

“I think what I heard around United over the weekend, honestly, I was raging about it. The whole conversation was about his assists, players talking about his assists,” said the former midfielder on the latest episode of The Overlap.

“He got interviewed after the game and I was watching him, and everyone was talking about his assists. Even the players were. The whole discussion after the game was about his assists.

“The captain of Man United said: ‘Yeah, a few times I probably should have shot, but I made those passes.’ He said it himself: ‘I should have shot, but I made the passes.’

“Wow. How can the mindset of a footballer go into a match thinking about an individual record if it happens? He’s going to get those stats anyway, but for it to become the main talking point about Man United’s performance over the weekend, I was cringing. All the players, when he got the assist, were going over to celebrate it. What about the guy who scored the goal?!“

Is Keane right in his assessment on Bruno & Man Utd?

Over the past few years, Keane has been of Bruno’s biggest detractors. While he has always praised his technical skills, the Irishman has insisted that the 31-year-old lacks the required leadership traits to don the captain’s armband, esepecially at Man Utd.

Interestingly, Keane did provide praise for Fernandes before Sunday’s kickoff, labelling his passes as the ‘best in the world’. However, the 54-year-old wasn’t deterred by what his saw during the game, thus changing his tone completely in his latest public appearance.

Keane may have a point, as Man Utd and Bruno have indeed prioritised the Portuguese’s personal accolade over the result, which arguably allowed Forest to stay in the game. Had the visitors grabbed another late goal, more people would had echoed the former captain’s rant.

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But as Gary Neville pointed out in his discussion with Keane, the team had already secured Champions League qualification, and the third place was virtually secured as well, otherwise, the players would have surely been more focused on getting a result rather than ‘assisting’ Fernandes in his personal quest for glory.