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Bruno Fernandes pinpoints 'important' aspect of Man Utd's Premier League title bid
Manchester United playmaker Bruno Fernandes has been discussing the side's Premier League title challenge.
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Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes has talked up the importance of the club’s fans on their Premier League title race. United are in good form recently, having won four of their last Premier League games.
United are currently mounting an unlikely Premier League title challenge after a slow start to the season.
The Red Devils are third in the table after a surge of strong performances recently.
Their 6-2 demolition over Leeds United on Sunday left them just five points behind the table-toppers, Liverpool, with a game in hand.
Despite making a poor start to the season, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer seems to have turned the tide and now has his side playing some good football.
United are yet to play at Old Trafford in front of fans this season due to covid-19 restrictions in the Manchester area.
But Fernandes is hoping things will be different in the new year, as he claimed the return of supporters will have a positive influence on United’s performance.
He explained that if United were playing in front of fans then the atmosphere inside the ground would help to lift himself and his team-mates.
It seems inevitable that United fans will have to wait until the new year before they’re allowed back through the doors at Old Trafford, but Fernandes insists he’s excited for that day to come.
“Of course, for us, it will be really important,” he said.
“You know, I think football is about the fans and around the fans.
“We play, basically, for them; for ourselves, of course, but to give some joy to the fans.
“We want to give that joy so the next day they go to work and be happy with the three points.
“I think if the fans are working the day after, they would be very happy with the three points against Leeds.
“We know what it means to them. I think if fans were in the stadium on Sunday, they will come out and there was a party straight away for them!
“I think it's really, really important, not for us but for everyone in the world to have the option to go to see games again, to have that joy and enjoy again football and other sports.
“Also for us players, we miss them a lot.”