{"id":296173,"date":"2023-12-06T22:26:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T22:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=296173"},"modified":"2023-12-06T22:26:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T22:26:19","slug":"fans-blast-bruno-fernandes-for-his-awful-penalty-against-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/fans-blast-bruno-fernandes-for-his-awful-penalty-against-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans blast Bruno Fernandes for his 'AWFUL' penalty against Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bruno Fernandes has been ridiculed for his penalty miss against Chelsea on Wednesday that denied Manchester United taking an early lead at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n
The United captain was given spot-kick responsibilities after Antony was fouled in the penalty box by Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez.<\/p>\n
Fernandes trusted his usual hop-skip-and-jump routine in his run-up but tamely hit the ball into the right of the goal, giving Blues goalkeeper\u00a0Robert Sanchez a simple save to make.<\/p>\n
Sanchez had only saved one penalty in the Premier League prior to denying Fernandes, with the shot-stopper also saving James Ward-Prowse’s strike from 12-yards earlier in the season.<\/p>\n
United eventually took the lead against Chelsea through Scott McTominay’s opportunistic close-range finish, but football fans weren’t impressed with Fernandes’ poor shot.<\/p>\n
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Bruno Fernandes has been ridiculed for his penalty miss against Chelsea on Wednesday<\/p>\n
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Fernandes held his head in his hands after his tame effort was comfortably saved<\/p>\n
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One onlooker commented on Twitter: ‘Awful penalty from Bruno. Simple save for Sanchez’<\/p>\n
Another added: ‘Pathetic penalty by Bruno Fernandes,’ after Sanchez celebrated his penalty heroics.<\/p>\n
Some drew comparisons between Fernandes’ penalty miss and the manner that Arsenal midfielder Jorginho shapes himself up before striking a spot-kick.<\/p>\n
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Fernandes’ trusted hop-skip-and-jump penalty routine let him down against Chelsea<\/p>\n
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Both players have adopted similar styles that has largely worked with Fernandes only missing only three Premier League penalties prior to Wednesday.<\/p>\n
‘LMAO\u2026.Bruno doing his worst Jorginho impression and getting it horribly wrong,’ was the reaction from one online user.<\/p>\n
Another quipped: ‘Bruno, you hop-skipping dummy. Terrible pen.’<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old is United’s main penalty taker but recently handed duties to Marcus Rashford against Everton, before the England international was relegated to the bench versus Chelsea.<\/p>\n
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