At the end of a game, fans must be paying attention to topics such as who scored, who made mistakes, how the tactics were, etc. However, in the recent Premier League double red meeting, Manchester United played against Liverpool , there was a lot of confusion on the field. There is one player who has neither scored nor assisted, but has become an alternative focus on the field, and that is Manchester United midfielder Fernandez . Just when everyone is paying attention to the goals of Sancho and Rashford, or Martinez, Varane and Malaysia's stable defense, the protagonist on the field can definitely be said to belong to Fernandez. In this game, in addition to replacing Maguire as the captain of Manchester United, he also had several wonderful shots in the game, making him a different focus.
The first focus is that Fernandez was extremely diligent in this game. He kept putting pressure on the Liverpool defense in the frontcourt, and even goalkeeper Alisson did not let go. Although they all failed, this kind of hard work Spirit is what a captain should have, and it brings extra motivation and passion to all teammates. In the first half of the game, after receiving McTominay's through ball, Fernandez made a desperate shovel pass before Gomez arrived to interfere, and sent the ball to the feet of Elanga on the left. Unfortunately, this Swedish teenager's push shot hit the post and failed to open the scoring for Manchester United. Fernandez also received a kick from Gomez during the shovel pass.
The second focus happened before Sancho's goal. Elanga broke through the bottom line on the left and crossed the middle. After Sancho cleverly passed Milner 's flying tackle, he calmly pushed the shot into the empty goal and opened the scoring for Manchester United. Looking back at the replay, before Sancho pushed, Fernandez was not far away from him. Interestingly, Fernandez also saw the gap in the goal, and instructed Sancho with his left hand to push to the left, and Sancho followed Fernandez wisely. The goal was scored in the indicated direction, and Fernandez completed an unusual assist.
After taking the lead, Manchester United almost scored an own goal when defending Liverpool's corner kick before the end of the first half. The protagonist was not another player, but also Fernandez. When the corner kick came into the penalty area, Milner successfully sent the ball to the right side of the Manchester United goal. Fernandez, who returned to defend, wanted to clear the ball, but he was more like a Liverpool striker, shooting hard in front of the goal. Fortunately, he showed bravery Martinez appeared on the goal line in time to block the ball. Otherwise, Fernandez would have scored his first own goal since joining Manchester United.
In the 71st minute of the game, Fernandez received Dalot's cross from the right baseline in the penalty area. He did not hit the goal with the first kick, but chose to stop the ball, but the ball stopped too far. Just when Robertson came to the rescue, Fernandez quickly picked the ball away, but Fernandez immediately fell to the ground, trying to win a twelve-yard penalty. However, from the slow-motion replay, Robertson did not touch Fernandez at all, and he also received a yellow card for diving.
Finally, when Salah scored with a header in the 81st minute, Fernandez picked up the ball in frustration in the net. At this time, Salah wanted to take the ball back and reenter the game as soon as possible, but this time Fernandez hugged the ball tightly and avoided Salah. The impatient Salah chased him, but Fernandez refused to let go. The two seemed to be playing hide-and-seek. The scene was very funny. Then Firmino joined the battle. Fernandez slipped and dropped the ball to the ground, giving Salah the opportunity to regain the ball. What's even more funny is that when Salah took the ball away, Fernandez fell to the ground with his hands covering his face. He tried to signal to the referee that he was being beaten, but was ignored. In this way, Fernandez managed to stall for about forty seconds. The above actions make Fernandez look very ungentlemanly to Liverpool fans, but everyone has his own way, and Fernandez is absolutely right in doing so.