BRUNO FERNANDES has revealed that he questioned whether he was good enough amid Manchester United’s struggles.
The Red Devils produced a thrilling comeback from 2-0 down at half-time to triumph 3-2 over Aston Villa on Tuesday.
They went behind after Villa’s never-seen-before free-kick tactic left goalkeeper Andre Onana seemingly bamboozled.
It got even worse before the break as Leander Dendoncker doubled the visitors’ lead to leave Erik ten Hag staring down the barrel.
However, Alejandro Garnacho grabbed a double after the restart before Rasmus Hojlund’s first Premier League goal sealed the points and a much-needed victory late on.
That result moved United into sixth place in the Premier League and comes on the back of last weekend’s dismal defeat at West Ham.
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The club were also dumped out of Europe earlier this month after they finished bottom of their Champions League group.
And their captain Fernandes, 29, has admitted that he has had doubts over his own ability during the dismal times this term.
Speaking to Amazon Prime after yesterday’s win, the Portuguese star said: “The belief has to be there, because if you don’t believe in each other it’s going to be difficult.
“Obviously in these last moments there’s going to be some disbelief, even in yourself. You start to think, ‘Am I even good enough to be here?’
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“It’s normal when things are not going right. It’s the way you overcome that and get results even when things are not going well.”
On the Villa comeback, Fernandes added: “Everyone in the team understood we had to keep pushing and knew what we needed to do.
“We knew if we could get the first goal of the second half, we could change things.
“We’ve been training a lot to get our chances and goals. As a Man United player you know you’re going to get criticised but you have to know how to deal with that and play at this level.”
The game was United’s first since Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s £1.3bn deal to take a 25 per cent stake in the Red Devils was completed.
And his fellow Ineos chief Sir Dave Brailsford was in the stands at Old Trafford to watch United on Boxing Day.
When quizzed about that deal affecting the squad, Fernandes said: “Not too much, because it’s not going to change anything we do on the pitch, unless they put money [in] and bring some players for us. But it has to be us [that] makes the difference we need.
“The papers and social media we see everything, it’s impossible not to. We know what the club is going through but we have to focus on what we can control and our performances.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
