Bruno Fernandes played 90 minutes for Manchester United yesterday, although you may not have noticed him until after the final whistle when the TV cameras picked him out trudging off the pitch muttering bitterly.
We can’t know exactly what he was saying, but it was a look of pure frustration after a game where he was kept quiet throughout by N’Golo Kante.
The France star nicked the ball every time it came to Bruno, leading to an explosion of frustration midway through the game that journalist Paul Brown picked up on:
At one point yesterday during #CHEMUN Bruno Fernandes threw his hands up complaining to the ref, pointing to #Kante and shouting: "It's always HIM!" No wonder really – N'Golo had a game-high 7 tackles 4 interceptions, & was all over him like a rash #CFC #ManUtd
— Paul Brown (@pbsportswriter) March 1, 2021
Apparently, after having the ball nicked off his toes once again, Bruno exclaimed to the referee “it’s always HIM,” pointing at Kante.
Kante ended up with 7 tackles and 4 interceptions, and Bruno ended up with a face like a smacked arse. Unfortunately for Chelsea, that didn’t mean three points for the Blues, but there can be no questioning that their French midfielder did his bit.
Wow i really enjoy the game between the blues and man utd i like the way chelsea fc was desplaying the ball it just amezzing With ngolo kante and mason maount mmm it was impressing
Kante was absolutely the man of the match yesterday….he played better than everyone on the pitch yesterday