“The manager was very upset”: Bruno Fernandes explains why Man United struggled in draw vs. Everton | OneFootball

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has insisted that he and his teammates failed to stick to the plan in the first half of their 2-2 draw with Everton, and this is why Ruben Amorim was very frustrated with them.

United mounted an unlikely second-half comeback to salvage a valuable point against David Moyes’ resurgent Everton side at Goodison Park.

Beto and Abdoulaye Doucoure fired the hosts into a comfortable lead before the break and it seemed like United were headed for another humiliating loss.

However, Fernandes’ free-kick injected some confidence into the team. Manuel Ugarte would go on to grab the equaliser, ensuring the Red Devils avoided a ninth defeat in 13 Premier League games.

After the game, the United skipper spoke to TNT Sports and gave his verdict on the match.

He insisted that the main problem in the first half was that there was no movement and everything was too static, which made it nearly impossible to create chances.

Fernandes also denied that United were left off the hook after a late VAR decision went their way and overturned Everton’s penalty appeal.

Asked if United were lucky that VAR sent Andy Madley to the monitor, Fernandes told TNT, “No, no, the referee said that the arm was very close from the body so that is nothing to do with us.”

“We had our chances in the second half but the problem was we started the game too late. We gave away the first half.”

“We were too static and it was difficult to create some situations. We need to start the games better, we know that. We spoke at half-time about how we can’t, every time we concede a goal, be down.”

“It is the only time that we start. We need to start games like that. We are in a situation where we need to win games and create chances to score goals.”

On what Amorim said in the dressing room during the interval, Fernandes remarked, “Sticking to the plan. The manager was very upset with us.”

“We had to try and stick to the plan and to try and make it work. Even if things are not going well, we have to stick to what our ideas are, and that is what we did in the second half; we had much more freedom, much more movement.”

“We were 2-0 down and had nothing to lose, and we got more into the game.”

United are back in action on Wednesday when they host Ipswich Town at Old Trafford.

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