With Manchester United suffering an inconsistent start to their 2022/23 campaign, vice-captain Bruno Fernandes has broken his silence regarding the club's form.
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Following the Red Devils' 6-3 defeat to crosstown rivals Manchester City on Sunday, the Portuguese playmaker has questioned his team's mentality and character.
It was the second time this season that Erik ten Hag's men had gone 4-0 down by half-time, and Fernandes, who has been handed the captain's armband in recent weeks while current skipper Harry Maguire has started on the bench, believes United must start their games with much more belief.
"I think the attitude and the belief from the beginning was not the best and I think it was that that caused us many problems and made us concede early goals," Fernandes said, according to 90min.
"After we have to run back the result and obviously I think the second half was much better. We keep control more, we control more the game. Whenever we have the ball, we are braver.
"Obviously we're down on the result, so we had to take some risks – and obviously when you take that risk you score straight away, you try to go a little bit more [attacking] and you concede more goals. Against teams like City, you can't give that much space to them.
"We are really disappointed but now it's time to focus on the next game and understand that we have to get back in the performances that we did before – in the belief and everything, in the togetherness principle – and understand that this cannot get us down."
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United will look to get their season back on track when they face Cypriot side Omonia Nicosia in the UEFA Europa League this Thursday, before preparing to take on Everton in the Premier League on the weekend.
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