Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes has urged his teammates to not get caught up within the narrative surrounding Manchester Metropolis’s depressing run of type forward of Sunday’s derby.
Metropolis head into the 195th assembly between the 2 sides on a run of seven defeats from their final ten video games – a stretch which incorporates only one win – and the strain on supervisor Pep Guardiola has been ramped as much as heights by no means seen earlier than on the Etihad Stadium.
Fernandes, nevertheless, warned United that Metropolis are far too harmful to be taken calmly.
“It would not change nothing for us, how they’re on this second, as a result of we’ve got to consider ourselves,” Fernandes defined. “We all know it is Metropolis, an enormous derby. We all know what it means for the followers, and it means quite a bit for us too, so we simply must go to the sport and win with out pondering who we’ve got forward.
“Everyone knows that this can be a large recreation they usually have large gamers. They’re most likely not profitable as a lot as everybody would count on them to do. Nevertheless it would not matter the momentum they’re in. We’ve got to consider ourselves, what we are able to do to harm them to win the sport, and that is all.”
United captain Fernandes insisted the gamers should prioritise the thought of selecting up three factors, quite than get swept up within the quest to inflict additional distress on a rival.
“It is to not get the consequence on the Etihad, it’s to attempt to win video games,” he stated. “That is what we need to enhance. Clearly we play Metropolis and we need to win the sport. Nevertheless it would not matter if it was one other recreation, we are going to attempt to win in the identical approach.
“We’ve got to concentrate on ourselves as a result of we’re not being on the stage we need to be additionally, so we will not take into consideration the momentum of the others.
“We simply have to consider ourselves and do the job we’ve got to do to get in higher positions. We want factors within the league, so it would not matter who we play in opposition to.”
