“It’s a decision from the staff to not press man-to-man and sometimes leave space behind and try to get the ball, wait for them, but sometimes when you give space to these teams they get confidence,” Fernandes said in a candid interview with TNT Sports.
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Fernandes → ’ → Sports
Asked if he thought Carrick had got his tactics wrong, Fernandes replied: “That’s on the manager and staff to see, not me.
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That → ask → manager
“Sometimes you have to be more brave under pressure, take the risk of pressing high and making them uncomfortable.
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them → take → risk
“As you saw with them, the centre-back was coming to mark me in my own half.
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back → see → half
We need to do that as a team but we were unable to.”
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we → need → team
“Whatever system you play, whatever tactics you play, if you don’t run, and you don’t run forward, and you don’t run back, you ain’t going to win.”
Fernandes is the second senior United player to deliver an explosive post-match interview in the space of a week, with defender Lisandro Martinez taking aim at the club’s hierarchy and transfer business following the 2-0 loss to Atletico Madrid - an outburst for which he later apologised and was reportedly fined by the club.
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Liverpool legend Carragher slammed Martinez for those comments and has now done likewise with Fernandes, insisting he is the reason that United cannot press as they would like and that he would never have won his player of the year awards last season without Carrick.
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he → slam → Carrick
He also took aim at Fernandes for having an “awful attitude” not befitting of his status as United captain.
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He → take → captain
“No [it isn’t a good look for Manchester United],” Carragher said on Fernandes’ interview while on punditry duty with CBS Sports.
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Carragher → say → Sports
“And we said that Lisandro Martinez was bang out of order last week for calling out the hierarchy above him.
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Martinez → say → him
“And for Bruno Fernandes to do that, it's a disgrace really.
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it → do → that
When you think about last season, he got player of the year.
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he → think → year
That was on the back of Michael Carrick becoming the manager.
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Carrick → become → back
“He wouldn't have got that award without Michael Carrick.
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He → get → Carrick
Because Michael Carrick put him back in his rightful position.
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Carrick → put → position
And he then went on to have a fantastic season because he's a talented footballer.
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he → go → season
“But when you think of him as a footballer, he's a talent.
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he → think → footballer
But in terms of attitude and the way he goes about things, it's not right at all.
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it → go → things
And he's reacted like that because he's been brought off and he’s been embarrassed tonight by the manager who brought him off.
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who → react → him
“When he talks about pressing, whether it's man-to-man or zonal, for years, Bruno Fernandes has meant Manchester United can't press because he does things for the crowd.
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he → talk → crowd
I commentate on games watching Man United and he runs all over the place like a kid in the schoolyard for the supporters.
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he → commentate → supporters
They all think he's working hard.
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he → think → ?
He's killing the rest of the team doing it.
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He → kill → it
“He’s not playing in a successful era for Manchester United.
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He → play → United
Years ago, there was a player who was a captain called Bryan Robson.
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who → be → ?
“He didn’t play in teams that won leagues every year or European cups.
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that → play → leagues
But he’s still seen as one of the greatest players to have played for the club because he still played for the club.
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he → see → club
“He never threw a manager under the bus, he never threw his players under the bus and he kept fighting for Manchester United.
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he → throw → United
“I’m watching him [Fernandes] play every week and throwing his arms up at players constantly in the game.
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him → watch → game
It’s an absolute disgrace what he’s done there, calling the manager out considering how he’s performed this season on the pitch.
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he → ’ → pitch
Carragher was asked if he disagreed with the content of Fernandes’ comments, or just that they had been aired publicly amid question marks over United’s identity.
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they → ask → identity
"Isn’t it funny,” he said.
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he → say → ?
“How many managers has he had, Bruno Fernandes?
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he → have → Fernandes
So every single manager at Manchester United doesn't have an identity?
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manager → have → identity
They change the manager every season.
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They → change → manager
It’s not about the manager, it’s everything about the club.
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it → ’ → club
“Who has got the answers?
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Who → get → answers
We comment all the time, they might need to change the manager or do this, do that.
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they → comment → this
No one ever seems to get it right.
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it → seem → ?
“There’s no doubt the manager needs to be changed now, this can’t go on for a club of this stature.
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this → ’ → stature
…and 4 more, not listed.
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