What Ruben Amorim told Man United players after Arsenal win as Bruno Fernandes sends message to teammates

What Ruben Amorim told Man United players after Arsenal win as Bruno Fernandes sends message to teammates

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes shared a very clear message after the FA Cup win at Arsenal.

Bruno Fernandes has pushed his teammates at Manchester United to keep up the level they reached during the victory over Arsenal.

United defeated the Gunners 5-3 on penalties to go to the competition’s fourth round.

Kai Havertz had been denied by goalie Altay Bayindir before Joshua Zirkzee scored the game-winning penalty kick.

After 120 minutes, the match was 1-1, with Gabriel canceling off Fernandes’ first with 63 minutes remaining.

Diogo Dalot was sent off for a second bookable offence between the two goals, and United went down to 10 men just two minutes before Gabriel equalized.

Bayindir denied Martin Odegaard from the penalty spot nine minutes after the Gunners had dragged themselves level, producing a brilliant save down to his left. United then continued to defend heroically, with the likes of Harry Maguire and Matthijs de Ligt superb at the back.

Having performed so well against Liverpool at Anfield seven days earlier, United’s last two performances suggest they have turned a corner under head coach Ruben Amorim.

But Fernandes is refusing to get carried away, shifting the focus to Thursday’s clash with Southampton at Old Trafford.

“It doesn’t have to do anything, to be honest,” Fernandes told MUTV when asked what the victory should do for the squad. “What you have to understand is that in certain moments we will suffer.

“If we suffer together, do it as a team, if we really believe in each other, we can go through difficult things, as was today. But now the difficult part for us is that we have to understand that we have to do this week in, week out.”

Fernandes revealed what Amorim told his players after the win over Arsenal, adding: “Now, as the manager just said, it’s not week in, week out; in just three days we have to do it again. We are going to play Southampton, who are last in the league.

“Everyone is really tired but you cannot find excuses or whatever. We have to take that away from us and have to understand that we have set a standard and we have to keep this standard higher, not lower.”