Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes discusses the FA Cup victory over Arsenal, highlighting the team spirit, Altay Bayindir's performance, and Joshua Zirkzee's redemption. He emphasizes the importance of collective happiness and effort in achieving success, praising the team's resilience and the impact of manager Ruben Amorim's tactical approach.
Bruno Fernandes is exhausted; his legs a little heavy and his mind spent from the “suffering” it took to evict Arsenal from the FA Cup on penalties, having been a man down from 62 minutes. It is no wonder Manchester United 's captain has walked into their Carrington training base sapped: he was the goalscorer, first off the mark in the shootout, and attached to his relentless performance was his role as the deliverer of 'flowers' - honour, recognition and thanks - to deserving team-mates.
In the aftermath of the victory at the Emirates, Bruno shifted any focus from himself to a colossal display from Altay Bayindir, who produced a goalkeeping masterclass particularly from the spot, and Joshua Zirkzee's redemption arc. 'I like everyone to be happy. I want everyone to feel a part, to feel involved,' Fernandes tells Sky Sports News the morning after the victory. 'When you are in a good moment, in a high moment, I rather give that to other players - not because I don't want to have that moment, because obviously every player wants to have his credit, his flowers and his moments of joy - but this is just the way I live my life. 'I do really think for a team to be successful, it needs everyone to be at the same level of happiness. Even knowing that some players will play less than others, you need to find a way to push them in certain moments for them to feel that they are as much important as I am.' Fernandes was particularly pleased for Zirkzee, who endured the ignominy of being hauled off on 33 minutes in the defeat to Newcastle to a smattering of cheers from his own supporters, but dispatched the decisive penalty to keep the defending champions in the tournament. Man Utd transfer news and latestTransfer Centre LIVE! Deals, rumours, news on your phone 📱Live Premier League table | Watch Premier League highlights for free'The script was already there for a long time,' Bruno smiles. 'You know, when when you are a good person, when you do the right things, you can have bad moments but at the end everything will come through strong. 'It was a decision by the staff to pick the five players to have the penalty and they put Josh last. And the only thing it came into my mind was to tell the players that the script is done. So everything is done since that moment against Newcastle that prepared us to, in this moment, give Josh his moment and his credit and his flowers. 'We can talk about whatever people want to talk about, like 'penalties, it's easy.' It's how we got to penalties. Altay saved the penalty from Martin Odegaard who hadn't missed one in his professional career yet. And then Josh, in a moment of pressure with everything he's been through in his mind, steps up and and gives us the win.' It was more than a tale of triumph for United, with the 'how' and the 'who' providing another testament to Ruben Amorim's theory that it was not his system that was an issue, but effort and application. The manner in which his side worked off the ball against Arsenal and increased their resolve rather than wilted when Diogo Dalot got sent off was encouraging. Aligned with a chest-out, combative draw at Anfield in a game they could have stolen at the death against Liverpool, United seem to be painting a portrait of resurgence. Bruno, however, warns it is the brush strokes against every team and not just the club's rivals that will decide whether the picture is completed or an artificial illusion. 'We can't look at names, we can't look at badges, we can't look at the table, whoever is in front or below us. We just need to look at ourselves and understand that we play for a massive club and we have to set a standard for ourselves. That this is where we want to be minimum and where we have to go still to get the best out of everyone.' The resilience against Liverpool and Arsenal followed extended time on the Carrington pitches to work on Amorim's blueprint. Interestingly, Bruno sways towards an uptick in the psychological elements as a bigger explainer for those performances. 'It helps always when you have time to train and to prepare the games a little bit more,' he offers. 'It's important but I think in these two games was more about - and the manager said this to us - it's more about the passion, the desire, everything you put into the game in terms of how much you want to win the game. 'I think everyone is really aware of what he wants and he demands from us position-wise, tactical-wise and everything. I think we are now getting into the level that he wants effort-wise, with running and passion and desire to win games. So I think we still have a lot to improve for me in both aspects. But we will do it. And I'm pretty sure that we are in a good path to do it. 'But now we have a massive game where everyone could look at in a different way and probably look at it from the outside and say, 'United now is in a good moment. They've got Southampton at hom
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