Exclusive interview Bruno Fernandes previews Man City v Man Utd 7 March 2021 Premier League



Luke Shaw has picked up the Player of the Month award for February – what would you say about the form he’s been in this season?
“I think Luke deserves it. He’s been playing really, really well in the last few months. I think he started a little bit slow like everyone did because at the beginning of the season we didn’t start good. I think the competition between Alex [Telles] and Luke has given both of them the chances to be better and to improve. This is really important because you know if you are not performing well you will be out of the team. I think Luke started to perform well when he had that pressure from Alex. At the same time, Alex when he plays has played really well because he knows that Luke is on the bench. So the pressure between them is good but the relationship between them is better, I have seen that in the stands. Alex is always pushing to help everyone and I remember when I came off against [Real] Sociedad it was Luke in the stands and I saw a lot of times Luke pushing to help Alex.

“This is what we’re about. You can be fighting for the same place, but you are fighting for the same achievements, you know. This has to be like that in every position in the team, we have to understand that whoever is playing it’s because the manager thinks he’s better for the team in that moment and the most important thing is the team. I think everyone is happy for Luke to win this Player of the Month award and I’m happy too because he deserves it and I hope he can continue this form until the end of the season because he knows Alex is there to take his position. It’s the same for me, if I don’t perform I know there are some players who will take my position and this is important for everyone to understand. Everyone deserves a chance and when you play you have to perform well and do your best because someone is on the bench because of you.”

As you mentioned earlier sadly the fans can’t be in the stadium today, but have you felt their support ahead of this game, via social media, and will they be on your mind when you step out there today?
“I think everyone knows derbies are much better with the fans because the atmosphere would be better. Normally sometimes in derbies there is a little bit of pressure also between the fans because they know one of them could lose and they are worried about what might happen at the end of the game and we all know the jokes they make between each other in the same way we do! [Smiles] I hope we can win the game for our fans because they deserve it and they are supporting us a lot. I want to give them thanks, but at the same time tell them to keep pushing to help the team and keep believing in the team. I think at the beginning of the season it was difficult maybe for them to think we could be in this position at this time of the season. Everyone wants to win – we want to win the league, we want to win the Europa League, we want to win the FA Cup and I want to say to the fans to keep that trust in us and keep pushing to help everyone in the team, not just A, B, C, but push every player and give the same support to everyone because everyone needs that support.”



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