Bruno Fernandes plays down row with Victor Lindelof after Manchester United's 2-1 defeat to Sevilla

‘F*** you, son of a b***h!’: Bruno Fernandes and Victor Lindelof are caught on camera in furious row in Portuguese after Sevilla winner to knock out Man United… but midfielder plays the argument down

  • Manchester United crashed out of the Europa League with a 2-1 loss to Sevilla
  • United threw away a 1-0 lead after Bruno Fernandes’ penalty put them ahead 
  • Luuk de Jong celebrated the winner as Fernandes and Victor Lindelof clashed
  • The Swedish star appeared to call the midfielder ‘a son of a b****’ in Portuguese 
  • The Portuguese star was keen to minimise the incident after the painful loss

Bruno Fernandes and Victor Lindelof came close to blows after Luuk de Jong scored for Sevilla on Sunday, dumping Manchester United out of the Europa League.

Lindelof, who spent five years with Benfica, appeared to be caught by television cameras telling Fernandes ‘f*** you’ followed by ‘Filho da Puta’ in Portuguese to his midfield team-mate – which translates as ‘son of a b****’.

United’s 2019-20 season came to a painful close in Cologne as they squandered a 1-0 lead to end a long Europa League campaign at the semi-finals.  

Bruno Fernandes has played down a clash between him and team-mate Victor Lindelof

Luuk de Jong scored the winner to dump Manchester United out of the Europa League

Luuk de Jong scored the winner to dump Manchester United out of the Europa League 

Lindelof wasn't tight enough to de Jong for the goal, but was furious with Fernandes' words

Lindelof wasn’t tight enough to de Jong for the goal, but was furious with Fernandes’ words 

De Jong’s 78th minute winner saw the Dutchman tap in unmarked from Jesus Navas’ cross, with neither Harry Maguire nor Aaron Wan-Bissaka tight enough to the striker.  

Fernandes confronted the centre-back over the defensive lapse, infuriating Lindelof as the Swede fronted-up to his team-mate and barked an insult back at him.  

‘It is normal when you concede a goal, everyone was mad,’ the Portuguese talent said on the incident. 

‘It was not about me or Victor, what happened is nothing. It was normal, it is about looking out for each other. It will happen in a lot more teams too.’  

‘We need to watch the mistakes everyone made.’

Fernandes was keen to explain the incident away after a painful defeat for the Old Trafford club

Fernandes was keen to explain the incident away after a painful defeat for the Old Trafford club

United had faced a gruelling Europa League campaign, gutted by their semi-final failure

United had faced a gruelling Europa League campaign, gutted by their semi-final failure 

Solskjaer refused to criticise the pair. ‘It was a disappointing goal to give away,’ he said. I want the players to be accountable and hold others to account.’

Fernandes and United’s forward-line will shoulder plenty of blame themselves for the defeat, failing to bag a second goal despite creating more than enough scoring chances.  

Ole Gunnar Solkjaer’s side had already taken some of the pressure off success by qualifying for the Champions League with third-place in the Premiership, but were devastated that their gruelling run in the competition ended in failure.  

Pundits such as Paul Scholes were quick to call for summer signings following the defeat, which highlighted that Solskjaer still has work to do in United’s revival. 

source: dailymail.co.uk