Bruno Fernandes Apologises For Man Utd's 3-0 Drubbing At The Hands Of Bournemouth
Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has apologised for his side's poor display in a 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday.
It was a chastening afternoon for the hosts as Bournemouth won for the first time in their history at Old Trafford.
Pressure continues to mount on manager Erik Ten Hag, with this defeat the seventh in 16 league games for Manchester United this season.
The defeat came just three days after an impressive 2-1 win over Chelsea and Fernandes was at a loss to explain their contrasting fortunes.
“(I want) to apologise for the performance,” skipper Fernandes said. “It was not acceptable, starting on me. I’m not talking about anyone else.
“But I think everyone agrees in the dressing room that the performance was (not) at our level and we have to perform much better.
“It was underperforming on quality-wise, on effort-wise and not aggressive as we did in the last game against Chelsea.
“If you don’t do your job, you’re not going to win the game.”
“I don’t know (why it was so different to Chelsea) but it’s been consistently like (this),” Fernandes told MUTV. “When we win a game, the next one we don’t perform in the same way we did before.
“I don’t know if it’s like a lack of concentration or focus or something else, but it’s something that we have to be aware that after winning a game we have to get that consistency of winning games.
“Even sometimes (if we are) underperforming but getting the result.”
Fernandes picked up his fifth booking of the season against the Cherries and will miss next weekend's trip to Liverpool as a result.
Before that, United will have to beat Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday to have any chance of making the knockout rounds.
