MANCHESTER, England: Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes said fans of the club should not relax their hopes even if the Red Devils struggle this season, especially at Old Trafford.
Fernandes rescued his team with an injury-time winner to beat Rangers 2-1 earlier this morning and move closer to automatic qualification for the last 16 of the Europa League.
United have lost four of their last five games at home, leading manager Ruben Amorim to declare the team the “worst” in the club’s history.
“At this club, you need to win every game, you know if you don’t win a game here it will be difficult, there will be difficult moments,” Fernandes told TNT Sports.
“This is a big club that usually wins matches. I hope our supporters never get used to losing matches, even though this is a difficult experience. I want them to feel that this team needs to win every match.”
One point on Romanian club FCSB next week should be enough to finish in the top eight of the Europa League for United and avoid playoff action.
Amorim was pushed to qualify automatically for the last 16 to give him more time on the training pitch to implement his ideas.
Fernandes has big dreams as he aims to win that match in Bilbao next May.
“Today it was important to win because we want to qualify for the Europa League, we want to qualify for the final,” he said.
“We want to be in the top eight so we can avoid playing two extra games.”