Breaking news: Bruno Fernandes reveals why he missed the penalty against Arsenal, here is why he missed it .
Manchester United interim boss Ralf
Rangnick has revealed it was Cristiano
Ronaldo's decision to not take the penalty
missed by Bruno Fernandes against
Arsenal, as fans took to social media
to display their frustration.
Ronaldo took and scored from the penalty
spot when the two teams met earlier in
the season, when United won 3-2 at
Old Trafford.
But it was Bruno who stepped up and
struck the post this time as the Red Devils
lost 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium and
Rangnick says the decision was down
to Ronaldo.
He said: 'I spoke with him after the game
and asked him and he said he just didn't
feel he should take it and that's why
he said it would be better if Bruno took it.'
Fernandes has come under huge scrutiny
from United fans on Twitter, with some
claiming he should not have been the
one who took the penalty.
One fan Tweeted: 'Bruno Fernandes
or any other player shouldn't take penalties
when Cristiano Ronaldo is on the pitch.
Period.'
Another accused Fernandes of being a '
spoiled brat', saying: 'Bruno Fernandes is
a spoiled brat. How do you not let Ronaldo
take that penalty, knowing the importance
of the moment. Sums up the united season
, egos getting in players ways and
hurting' them
'Still can't believe they chose @B_Fernandes8
to be our captain when we have @Cristiano
The level of disrespect in this team toward
Ronaldo is out of this world . Then Bru-
No goes on to miss the penalty when one
of the greatest penalty taker in our team
. Wtf is going on?,' a third United fan
wrote in frustration.
Even Arsenal fan, Piers Morgan, couldn't
help but make a joke of the situation.
He Tweeted: 'Many thanks to Bruno
Fernandes for insisting on taking United's
penalty when Ronaldo's on the pitch,
& then doing that. Comically bad
captaincy.
Arsenal took the lead after just three minutes
as Nuno Tavares reacted fast to David
De Gea's save from Bukayo Saka's strike.
Saka doubled the lead with a penalty in
the 34th minute before Ronaldo pulled
one back for the visitors two minutes later.
The defeat for United was sealed 20
minutes from time after Granit Xhaka
got on the scoresheet with a powerful
long-range strike past De Gea.
Rangnick believes the performance was
an improvement from the midweek 4-0
loss to Liverpool but he rued some of
his team's defending against the Gunners.
'I think we showed a response, an improved
performance compared to the game at
Liverpool,' Rangnick said.
'But still we gave away an easy goal,
an early goal, far too easy, the way we
defended in that moment, we had two
or three chances to clear the ball.'
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