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Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes has been amusingly trolled by fans who picked Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah over the Portuguese in their Fantasy Premier League team. Fernandes broke a long goal drought during the Red Devils’ 3-2 win over Arsenal on Thursday, while Salah scored twice against Everton to take his tally for the season up to 19.
Fernandes’ goal against the Gunners was his first in 15 matches, with countryman Cristiano Ronaldo instead shouldering the goal-scoring burden at Old Trafford this season.
And a fan has been videoed informing the 27-year-old that he is no longer a must-have for FPL players.
He has just 64 points on the game, in which users pick a team of top-flight stars, this campaign due to his lack of goals from midfield. Premier League top-scorer Salah is way ahead on 146.
In the video, Fernandes can be seen pulled up alongside a car with two fans inside. They were presumably waiting at traffic lights.
Bruno Fernandes was trolled by fans with a Mohamed Salah FPL comment (Image: TWITTER / GETTY)
Fernandes then looks across to engage with the two men.
A man in the passenger seat of the car then takes over, telling Fernandes: “Mohamed Salah all the way, I’m sorry man.”
The former Sporting Lisbon man can then be seen jokingly shouting: “No!”
The individual, who tweeted the clip alongside the caption “I’m sorry Bruno Fernandes, I’ll transfer you in right now”, continues: “He takes up all my money. You saw him yesterday, you saw him yesterday. Come on, Bruno!”
Fernandes then drives off while the fans continue to shout his name.
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The video appears to have been filmed on Thursday due to the reference to Salah’s performance in the Merseyside derby.
A brace by the Egyptian helped Jurgen Klopp’s side defeat Everton 4-1. However, the German head coach revealed that Salah was ‘angry’ after the game as he had not bagged a third goal.
"He was angry after the game," Klopp told Amazon Prime. "He wanted to score the third one. I don't take these things for granted.
"His second goal, you have to force these kind of mistakes. Mo put Coleman under pressure to win that ball and from then on it is a good chance he will score."
Meanwhile, Fernandes finally ended his lengthy wait for a United goal by equalising against Arsenal to make the score 1-1 in the first half.