Wasteful Reds hit the end of the Europa League road
REDS SUFFER MORE SEMI-FINAL HEARTBREAK AS SEASON ENDS WITHOUT SILVERWARE
BRUNO Fernandes insists United’s players must take collective responsibility for the goals they conceded against Sevilla, despite his on-pitch confrontation with Victor Lindelof.
The Reds centre-back was at fault for Luuk de Jong’s winning goal in the Europa League semi-final in Cologne and Fernandes had a heated discussion with the Swede before the game resumed.
But he was keen to play down the incident after the game and also said the first-half goal United had conceded, which began from a Sevilla throw-in, was too soft.
“I think when we take a goal it is the fault from everyone, starting in the front,” said Fernandes.
“We can’t take a goal from a throwin in the first half, we need to be better in pressing, they can’t come up so easily.
“After comes mistake after mistake. We are mad when we take a goal, but the fault is from everyone, not from one player to take the fall, but all the team.
“It’s not about me or Victor, it’s about everything. What happened between us is nothing. It’s normal. It’s football. It happens. It’s looking out for each other.
“This thing will happen many more times in other teams. “The most important thing now is seeing the mistakes we made and look forward to improving in the next games.”
Fernandes also pointed out United’s inability to convert their chances as a major failing. They were the better team for large parts of the semi-final but despite creating numerous chances they only had his penalty to show for their efforts.
“I think we played well,” Fernandes added. “We created a lot of chances, we need to score. We need to score more goals. We create a lot but if you create and you don’t score it is not enough. Everyone is sad obviously, we come to win all the games, to be in the final but it was not possible.
“It is not enough because we are playing for Manchester United to win some trophies and this season I win nothing.
“For me it is not enough, I need to do much more.”
We are mad when we take a goal, but the fault is from everyone, not from one player to take the fall, but all the team Bruno Fernandes