Bruno Fernandes explains Man Utd defeat that ‘hurts the most’ and overlooks Brentford loss

Manchester United lost their opening two Premier League matches against Brighton and Brentford, with Bruno Fernandes involved in both.

Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes has surprisingly claimed the 2-1 defeat to Brighton on the opening day of the season was a tougher loss than their 4-0 battering at the hands of Brentford. The Red Devils have been resurgent ever since those two games. And they’re now just one win away from a trophy, with Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final up next on Sunday (4.30pm).

Manchester United had gone into the season hoping for a successful campaign, particularly after the chaos of last term under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick.

Yet they were then dealt a huge reality check, shipping six goals in their opening two league games against Brighton and Brentford.

United lost 2-1 to the former, before then being played off the park in a 4-0 loss at the Gtech Community Stadium.

And Fernandes, speaking to Sky Sports, has now surprisingly claimed the defeat to Brighton was tougher to take – insisting it’s the result that ‘hurts the most’.

“In the first game against Brighton, we had the first chances to score,” said the midfielder. “We didn’t score.

“Brighton goes there one time and they had the goal and you could feel the ghosts from the past.

“You know, like we are playing well, but all of a sudden we concede the goal from nothing.

“That first game was really tough to have. I think more than Brentford, because Brentford, we know we did some mistakes individual ones, some group ones, other ones.

“You know, the, the intention, the intensity was not there. The desire, the passion, they had all that more than us.

“But the Brighton game for me was the one that hurts the most.

Source: www.express.co.uk