Bruno Fernandes has issued a response to Roy Keane after the Irishman hit out at the Manchester United captain for trying to assist instead of scoring as he eyed a Premier League record
Bruno Fernandes has accused Roy Keane of twisting his words after the Irishman suggested he prioritises personal milestones over helping Manchester United win.
Ex-United midfielder Keane claimed that too much attention was being paid to Fernandes’ assist tally instead of securing victory against Nottingham Forest last weekend.
Speaking on The Overlap after Fernandes had notched his 20th assist of the season in last weekend’s win against Nottingham Forest, Keane said: “When you’re the captain of a club and you’re supposed to be driving the club forward, do not be getting bogged down by just your role in the team, just assists.
“What I heard at United at the weekend, honestly, I was raging with it. The whole chat about his assists… Everyone, the players were [talking about it], the game was about his assists. That’s the whole thing.
“After the game he got interviewed and he said, the captain of Manchester United, said ‘A few times, I probably should have… shot but I made the passes.’ Wow. How can your mindset be not to win the match but be about an individual record?”
But Fernandes has since responded to Keane, and told Steven Bartlett: “What I don’t like is when people lie about things, and in this case, what you said about Roy Keane, basically, what he said is a lie.”
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