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Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has claimed that Christian Eriksen makes Bruno Fernandes higher, with the previous defender going so far as to match the Portuguese to Lionel Messi.
Marcel Sabitzer’s harm throughout warmup earlier than the Nottingham Forest win noticed Eriksen thrust into the beginning XI with lower than quarter-hour to kick off.
Eriksen produced a commanding efficiency within the pivot subsequent to Casemiro. The Dane bossed the midfield and managed the tempo of the sport in what was one in all his greatest performances in a United shirt.
It was Bruno Fernandes nevertheless who was named man-of-the-match forward of Eriksen. Fernandes was a artistic drive for the group and had been it not for quite a lot of heroic saves from Keylor Navas, the playmaker would have bagged a objective.
Each Eriksen and Fernandes got here in for enormous reward from Ten Hag after the sport for the short and seamless transitions to their new roles towards Steve Cooper’s males.
The Peoples Particular person detailed a stat that confirmed since Fernandes’s signing, solely Lionel Messi has registered extra objective contributions than the 28-year-old.
Talking on his Vibe with 5 YouTube channel, Ferdinand stated, “His passing, he’s creating probabilities. His stats, solely Messi rivals him when it comes to objective involvements since he signed for United.”
“I’m not saying he’s on Messi’s degree, nobody is saying that Bruno is on Messi’s degree, he’s not. However solely Messi is above him in these stats. He wants Eriksen to get to that different degree. Eriksen the quantity of simple passes he makes which are simply nice for teammates.”
Ferdinand additionally took time to make a daring prediction about United compared to Arsenal’s title-challenging marketing campaign.
The six-time Premier League winner argued that ought to the Gunners fail to win the title and find yourself in second place behind Manchester Metropolis, United may have arguably had a greater season by advantage of ending in a Champions League spot and successful the Carabao Cup.
The Pink Devils are additionally battling on two different fronts, with Europa League and FA Cup glory on the road.
Ferdinand added, “If Arsenal don’t win the league and Man United end third and simply the one trophy they’ve had a greater season. In the event you’re a participant, neglect followers now, and also you end third and win a trophy, Carabao Cup no matter it’s and the group above you end second and win no trophies, who’s the happier participant?”
“The one who completed third.”
Ferdinand nevertheless revealed his want to see Arsenal beat Metropolis to the highest spot.
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