‘I Like To Take The Risk’ – Fernandes Points Out The Differences In His Game

With Paul Pogba injured for much of the season, Fernandes has slotted seamlessly into that midfield role and he pointed out the differences in his game.

He explains his ideas about his role at Manchester United to Sky Sports.

“I
think I’m a different player from the others. Everyone has a different
mould to play, maybe I take more risks, maybe other players don’t take
as many, maybe I shoot more, some players pass more, some of the players
make more tackles, everyone is different in a club. Some players are
similar but they’re never the same player.

“I’m a player
who normally likes to take the risk, give the last pass and try to give
more assists to my team-mates so I need to take the risk. It doesn’t
matter for me if someone off the field is not happy about my pass, I
will respect it but I will keep trying.

“Normally, everyone
says the guys who are good on the ball are not good enough off the ball.
I try to be better with the ball but also have in my mind these kinds
of thing like the reaction when I lose it, being hungry when things
don’t go wrong and hungry when you pass and it goes to your partner, but
it’s not good enough and you need to do a little bit more.

“I
think I look at the details because if you want to be better and one of
the best, you need to look at the details. It’s not about finishing the
game and if you get an assist and have a good game, you don’t need to
watch the game to see if you made some mistakes or not.

“And
when you think ‘today I didn’t play really well so I need to watch
everything and see where I did my mistakes’. Sometimes, when I feel like
I played a bad game, I don’t watch [it back]. I have in my mind that I
need to do better and I know what I did wrong because you know what is
the wrong pass, the wrong shot, the wrong decision and when you do well,
you have to look.

“Maybe you have an assist but you need to
look at if that assist can be better because sometimes, it be better
but you can’t do better. It’s difficult to explain but think I need to
look at the details to be better.”