{"id":175758,"date":"2024-04-26T15:57:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/bruno-fernandes-insisted-on-playing-for-man-utd-with-broken-bone\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T15:57:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:57:12","slug":"bruno-fernandes-insisted-on-playing-for-man-utd-with-broken-bone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/bruno-fernandes-insisted-on-playing-for-man-utd-with-broken-bone\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Fernandes \u2018insisted\u2019 on playing for Man Utd with broken bone \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes \u2018insisted\u2019 on playing through a broken hand in their 4-2 win against Sheffield United on Wednesday, a report claims.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fernandes scored twice and grabbed an assist for Rasmus Hojlund as the Red Devils came from behind twice to beat the Blades at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>However, in the days leading up to the match, manager Erik ten Hag revealed his skipper was an injury doubt having sustained a problem in Sunday\u2019s FA Cup semi-final with Coventry City.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Times<\/em>\u00a0report the injury picked up by Fernandes at Wembley was actually a broken hand suffered during a fall, but he was determined to play against Sheffield Utd regardless and took to the pitch with strapping to protect the wounded area.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandes\u00a0scored the third of Man Utd\u2019s three goals in their draw with Coventry at the weekend before stepping up to convert their fourth penalty in a shootout win.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/01hwcwsgq63df79r4rvh.jpg\" alt=\"Bruno Fernandes\" title=\"Bruno Fernandes\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Fernandes soldiered on at Wembley \/ Chris Brunskill\/Fantasista\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>On Wednesday against Sheffield Utd, he brought\u00a0Man Utd\u00a0level to 2-2 with another spot-kick before putting the hosts ahead late on with a sensational strike from 25 yards with his weaker left foot. Ten Hag\u2019s side rounded off the scoring when Fernandes squared for Hojlund to tap in late on, with the Dane coming up with his first goal since February.<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd have stumbled through the 2023\/24 season battling various injuries and illnesses, with over 60 separate cases reported from within Ten Hag\u2019s camp this campaign alone.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandes and Man Utd are back in action on Saturday when they welcome relegation-battling Burnley to Old Trafford. They then have an eight-day break before travelling to Crystal Palace on 9 May before hosting Arsenal and Newcastle United in their final home games, ending the season away at Brighton &amp; Hove Albion.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes \u2018insisted\u2019 on playing through a broken hand in their 4-2 win against Sheffield United on Wednesday, a report claims. Fernandes scored twice and grabbed an assist for Rasmus Hojlund as the Red Devils came from behind twice to beat the Blades at Old Trafford. However, in the days leading up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":175759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bruno Fernandes \u2018insisted\u2019 on playing for Man Utd with broken bone \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/bruno-fernandes-insisted-on-playing-for-man-utd-with-broken-bone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bruno Fernandes \u2018insisted\u2019 on playing for Man Utd with broken bone \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes \u2018insisted\u2019 on playing through a broken hand in their 4-2 win against Sheffield United on Wednesday, a report claims. 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