Manchester United’s final game of the campaign was a perfect case in point. Fernandes was successful with only
33 of 50 passes at the King Power Stadium (66 per cent) but his approach provided the defining moment when playing through Anthony Martial, who was then fouled for a penalty. The match was an illustration of why Ole Gunnar Solskjaer calls Fernandes a
“risk and reward” player.
Fernandes actually started the press on Wes Morgan and was in position to capitalise on Mason Greenwood tackling Hamza Choudhury. Fernandes was already
looking at where he might play the ball before he received it, noticing Martial was in a gap between Morgan and Jonny Evans and had space to run into.
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