Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has blasted referee Chris Kavanagh for failing to apologise for his part in his penalty miss against Fulham. MUFC were held by Marco Silva’s side after Emile Smith Rowe cancelled out Leny Yoro’s deflected second-half opener, but Bruno had missed an earlier chance to put United ahead when he sent a first-half penalty over the crossbar.
After he placed the ball onto the penalty spot, Fernandes collided with referee Kavanagh as he walked back to start his run-up, forcing the Portugal international to re-spot the ball and start his routine again.
And despite not blaming the referee for the miss, Bruno said that he expected, and did not receive, an apology from the official.
According to him, Chris’ refusal to apologize made him very angry at that moment, but the penalty miss was down to his bad technique.
“I was upset.
As a penalty-taker, you have your own routines, your own things that you do.
It upset me because the referee didn’t apologise. That is what triggered me in that moment, but that’s not the excuse for missing the penalty.
I had a very bad hit on the ball. I put my foot too under the ball and that’s why it ended up going over the bar,” he said.
Bruno further noted that dropping more points at Craven Cottage was very disappointing for the entire team.
He concluded by saying that the players are not happy with the draw because winning the game was the target.
“We cannot be satisfied with one point.
We came here to win the game. We were defending very well, but in one of them they got their goal.
For us, it is very disappointing to not win the game today,” he added.
Support InfoStride News' Credible Journalism: Only credible journalism can guarantee a fair, accountable and transparent society, including democracy and government. It involves a lot of efforts and money. We need your support. Click here to Donate