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Bruno Fernandes: Thierry Henry singles out what he loves about United star Manchester United sent a message to the rest of the Premier League with an impressive 3-1 win over Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Sunday. Bruno Fernandes show The Portugal international may not have scored, but he was certainly the architect of the victory. Fernandes grabbed two assists to become the United player with the most assists in a Premier League season.

He now just needs four more in the eight remaining matches to equal the league record for one campaign. His corner set up Casemiro, and his brilliant first-time ball put Matheus Cunha in, who made no mistake to restore United’s lead. Thierry Henry purrs over performance The current assist record holder, Thierry Henry, purred over the performance during his analysis on Sky Sports .

Reflecting on Fernandes’ performance against the Villans, he concluded, “you mention speed — but for me, speed without control is useless. If you can control the speed of your brain, then you’re going to be faster than anyone on the field. That’s what he has in abundance.

I’ve said it before — he doesn’t play football, he thinks it. And he did that so well at the weekend. ” Henry highlighted the attacking role Fernandes has taken up since Michael Carrick replaced Ruben Amorim as manager, and pinpointed an effort he created for Diogo Dalot in the first half as an example of his intelligence in the attacking third.

He explained, “when the ball comes inside, look at him against Mings. Normally you might try to make a run — but he knows he won’t beat him with pace. So what does he do?