Captain has scored one of three spot-kicks this season
United ready for a hostile Anfield, manager says
Ruben Amorim has said Bruno Fernandes will continue as Manchester United’s penalty taker despite missing two of the three awarded the team this season.
Fernandes missed from the spot in the 1-1 draw at Fulham and the 3-1 defeat at Brentford, scoring in the 3-2 win over Burnley. Amorim said: “Yes, he’s the main taker. I think he has 70 penalties and he misses nine – two with me.”
The head coach chuckled as he reflected on the two missed under him. “I’m really annoyed with that,” Amorim said. “But he’s really confident. He’s training [to take] the penalties, trying to understand that people are watching the way he [tries to] score penalties. So he will be ready.”
