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Man Utd captain Fernandes explains handing Rashford penalty chance

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes explained giving Marcus Rashford his second penalty in victory over Everton.

Fernandes is United's prime penalty taker, but decided to give Rashford also the chance to convert in the 2-0 win.

"Obviously, as I said many times, we have more than one penalty-taker and we have a list in the dressing room," said Fernandes.

"Marcus [Rashford] is the second name as a penalty taker and I am more than confident whenever Marcus steps up to take a penalty,

"I am more than confident that he can have the same effect as me. I did score the first one but I felt that with the second one, we should have changed because it then moves the mind a little bit of the goalkeeper.

"He has to move differently, he has to adapt to a different kind of penalty-taker, so I think it was the best decision for the team in order to help us get another goal.

"It was not because I wasn't confident I would score, because I was, but because I spoke to Marcus and asked him if he wanted to take it.

"He said: 'I would be happy to take one', so I said 'go ahead'."

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