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Man Utd captain Fernandes deflects praise for wonder strike

Man Utd captain Fernandes deflects praise for wonder strike
Man Utd captain Fernandes deflects praise for wonder strike
Man Utd captain Fernandes deflects praise for wonder strikeFlashscore
The Portuguese stunned the crowd with a left-footed effort from outside the box to give United a 3-2 lead against Sheffield United.

Having twice been behind, the Red Devils won 4-2, with Fernandes scoring twice and grabbing an assist.

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I think, obviously it's a great strike, but I think the team (contribution) was great. That makes the space bigger," he told MUTV.

When they (Sheffield United) have the lines so deep, we need a lot of movements to make the space bigger, and we had many movements there on the right side, passing the ball.

Then the ball from Kobbie (Mainoo) is on the right time. He called me. That's something that is really important in football. He called me 'time' so I can turn.

And when I turn, Rasmus (Hojlund) does a movement wide where he attracts the midfielder.

And then another two movements to pin their last line back, that is, from Diogo (Dalot) and Garna (Alejandro Garnacho). That gives me more space to hit the target."