It would be easy to pin Sunday’s deflating 1-1 draw and performance at Fulham on Fernandes given his role in the game’s two most decisive moments: his first-half penalty miss, ballooned high over the crossbar; and his failure to track Emile Smith Rowe’s run as he arrived late to convert the 73rd-minute equaliser for the hosts.

Bruno Fernandes’s skyward penalty for Manchester United against Fulham on Sunday afternoon was the fifth Premier League spot-kick he has missed for the club. Since the Portuguese penalty taker arrived at Old Trafford in February 2020, no other player in the division has missed more.

A former referee has told Chris Kavanagh there was no reason for him to have had an impact on Bruno Fernandes' penalty against Fulham