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Bruno Fernandes has admitted the way he captains Manchester United is \u201cnot always right\u201d but has defended his leadership of Erik ten Hag\u2019s team amid criticism from former skipper Roy Keane.<\/p>\n
Keane \u2014 United captain between 1997 and 2005 \u2014 suggested Fernandes should be stripped of the armband because of his on-field behaviour during the 3-0 derby defeat to Manchester City in October.<\/p>\n
Fernandes, though, has hit back by insisting \u201ceveryone is happy\u201d with the way he leads the squad.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously you don\u2019t like to be criticised, everyone\u2019s the same, but at the same time I have to do what I think is the best for my team,\u201d Fernandes told a news conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cProbably I am not always right but in my head at the moment it is the right choice, so I do it.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy focus is on the team, the staff, everyone who works with me day by day. I think they are pretty happy with me, the way I am is the same since I arrived at the club, it has not changed since being captain.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think it has to change. I am really open with everyone so no one until now has had a problem with me, so I think I should keep it like that, everyone is pretty happy with my leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fernandes, who arrived at United from Sporting Lisbon in January 2020, was made captain in the summer after Ten Hag decided to replace Harry Maguire. The Portugal midfielder has often come in for criticism even before taking the armband, and he believes it\u2019s partly down to how well he started at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n
He scored 28 goals in his first full season and although he\u2019s been productive in front of goal since \u2014 he scored 14 times in all competitions last season \u2014 the 29-year-old has not come close to matching that tally.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the beginning, everything was perfect, because when you arrive in the first game, if you do something different than anyone else is doing, it\u2019s going to be all flowers,\u201d Fernandes added.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut after that I understand the tough part is always coming, because when the result is not coming, when the performances are not what everyone expects to be, because the expectations are always higher and higher.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know since I arrived at the club my numbers made myself a target, so not keeping the same numbers on goals and assists is sometimes a problem for me. Now it is the captaincy, there is always going to be something.\u201d<\/p>\n
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