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Manchester United caput manager Ruben Amorim feels the nine would not beryllium successful their existent messiness if they had much players similar Bruno Fernandes.
The United skipper led from the beforehand successful the 1-1 gully with Arsenal astatine Old Trafford.
Arsenal brag Mikel Arteta admitted the Portuguese was "too clever for america and the referee" for the mode helium manipulated the positioning of his first-half free-kick to springiness him a amended accidental to enactment United successful front.
Former United skipper Roy Keane mightiness not beryllium a instrumentality fixed the mode successful which the Irishman spoke of Fernandes connected The Overlap podcast past week.
But Amorim wishes helium had a fewer much similar him.
"We request much Brunos, that is clear," helium said.
"It's not conscionable the prime and the character. He makes immoderate mistakes but helium is truthful decisive with and without the ball.
"He steps up each the time. He tin amusement immoderate vexation successful immoderate moments that tin wounded him much than everyone. I recognize that. He wants to win.
"But helium is ever available, tin play successful antithetic positions and erstwhile we request a extremity and an assistance helium is ever there."
Fernandes is present United's apical Premier League goalscorer this play with seven. His 12 successful each competitions besides puts him astatine the caput of United's scoring charts.
But it doesn't extremity there.
In a United broadside that is 14th successful the table, Fernandes has 14 extremity involvements successful the league. Unsurprisingly, that is much than anyone else.
But lone Amad has much than Marcus Rashford's five, which underlines however important the 30-year-old has been successful keeping United distant from getting successful existent occupation astatine the bottommost of the table.
Since helium made his United debut successful February 2020, lone Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (177) and Tottenham's Son Heung-min (124) person been progressive successful much goals than Fernandes (109).
It is wide Amorim needs Fernandes successful the abbreviated and mean word arsenic helium looks to amended results, portion astatine the aforesaid clip making United a much charismatic squad to watch.
The location broadside had 31.8% possession against Arsenal, continuing a taxable that has continued since Jose Mourinho's clip astatine the nine wherever their champion results are achieved erstwhile they play connected the counter-attack.
On a time erstwhile United fans protested successful immense numbers against the club's ownership, Amorim is hopeless to alteration that.
"When you manager Manchester United, you cannot play excessively overmuch similar that," helium told Sky Sports. "You person to effort to triumph the game.
"This nine volition ne'er die. That is clear. This is simply a large concern and possibly each the fans successful this league sometimes consciousness it america harder to spell to the games and wage for tickets.
"We privation to springiness them a batch of effort. In the future, we volition not play similar that."
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