Receiving the Best Player of the Match award, midfielder Bruno Fernandes gave the award to Jonny Evans and praised his teammate for the beautiful assist he scored to defeat Burnley.

Fernandes received the Player of the Match award from the Premier League Organizing Committee after scoring beautifully with a volley from a live ball, scoring the only goal to help Man Utd win at Turf Moor on September 23. But the Man Utd captain midfielder gave this award to Evans – his teammate who was being interviewed after the match. Evans was the owner of the long ball from midfield for Fernandes to score.

Fernandes then praised Evans: “The pass from Evans was perfect. I knew he had the great quality of passing the ball in behind the defense with both feet. I was waiting for that pass, when Burnley found space.” . Sometimes it’s difficult to succeed, but we took advantage of the opportunity.”
In the context of Lisandro Martinez, Harry Maguire, and Luke Shaw being injured and Raphael Varane not being at his best, Evans was assigned by coach Erik ten Hag to play centre-back with Victor Lindelof. The Northern Ireland midfielder first started for Man Utd in the Premier League after 3,125 days, and reached the milestone of 200 matches with the team.

At Turf Moor on August 23, the Northern Irish midfielder touched the ball 81 times, passed 91% accurately, cleared the ball eight times, intercepted once, won two duels, won two aerial duels and won twice. Don’t let anyone pass you by.

In the 25th minute, Evans headed the ball past goalkeeper James Trafford from Sergio Reguilon’s corner. But VAR canceled the goal because striker Rasmus Hojlund was offside and obstructed the Burnley goalkeeper. 20 minutes later, Evans flicked the ball with his left foot from midfield so Fernandes broke the offside trap and volleyed a cross, scoring the only goal of the match.

 

“I loved every minute of the match,” the 35-year-old midfielder said after the match. “I felt dizzy when traveling with the whole team by bus to the stadium. This is my 200th match for Man Utd. I never thought I would reach that number. This is the best night of my life.” my life”.

Evans grew up in the Man Utd training camp, played for the first team from 2006 to 2015, scored seven goals and won 11 titles. After that, the 35-year-old midfielder played for West Brom and Leicester respectively, then returned to Old Trafford this summer. Evans said he was offered a short-term contract by Man Utd to create competition within the team. This midfielder affirmed that his goal is to try his best in training and take advantage of opportunities every time he is on the field.

 

On TNT Sports, Rio Ferdinand also praised his former teammate Evans for playing excellently, commanding the defense well, showing leadership skills, and experience, and having a great performance. The famous player admitted that Man Utd did not play well, but won three important points to stop three losing matches.

 

On September 26, Man Utd returned to Old Trafford to host Crystal Palace in the third round of the League Cup, then met this same opponent in round seven of the Premier League four days later.