Michael Owen slams Man Utd star and questions if he 'fancied' Liverpool match
Michael Owen appeared to question whether Bruno Fernandes "fancied" Manchester United 's trip to Liverpool next week after it was confirmed he will sit the match out through suspension.
The United captain, 29, picked up his fifth yellow card of the season in the 3-0 loss to Bournemouth, who romped to victory at Old Trafford courtesy of goals from Dominic Solanke, Philip Billing and Marcos Senesi.
Fernandes' ill-discipline in the defeat means he will have a watching brief for United's next Premier League game: a huge showdown with bitter rivals Liverpool. And there was little sympathy for the Portugal international post-match from Owen.
"I wonder how many yellow cards he’s had for dissent and waving his arms about," Owen said while analysing the latest round of fixtures for Premier League Productions. "Possibly you don’t fancy going to Anfield. I wouldn’t at the moment. I’m not sure you’re thinking of the next game when you’re in the thick of playing.
"He should be responsible, he should be a good ambassador, a leader for the team. We all know referees are clamping down on that and he gets booked an awful lot for a player who hardly puts his foot in and tackles really he gets booked an awful lot."
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Fernandes' absence for such a key game will be a major blow to Erik ten Hag, who is under pressure following another abject result. Fernandes admitted after the game that Manchester United deserved to be beaten after "underperforming" in every aspect.
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Michael Owen was less than impressed with Bruno Fernandes after he picked up his fifth yellow card of the season against Bournemouth (Premier League Productions)He said: "Everything was lower than the levels in the game before and that's why when you play teams like Bournemouth, who are really aggressive and on the front foot, they press you, and you think it's going to be easy, you get these kinds of results.
"Everything was underperforming. Creativity, movement and arriving with bodies into the box. Most of the time we arrived with one or two players, but in the last game we had more getting in the box to score a goal.
"Today, it was, as I said, underperforming. We just lack consistency and that's a big part of football. It's really important to be consistent every game and we're not being."
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