Manchester United suffered their 11th defeat of the Premier League season (Picture: Getty)Bruno Fernandes urged his Manchester United team-mates to ‘look forward’ after their 3-1 defeat to Manchester City, but admitted it was ‘going to be hard’ to secure a top-four finish this season. But the Premier League champions, last year’s treble winners, responded emphatically as an inspired Phil Foden scored a wondergoal of his own before adding a second to give the hosts the lead in the 80th minute. Erik ten Hag’s Red Devils now trail fourth-placed Aston Villa by 11 points and face a serious challenge to secure Champions League football for next season. ‘We’re not hiding from that, we want to be in the Champions League and we want to try until the end of the season to get into that fourth place that gives you the possibility to get into the Champions League. ‘Next game we have to go there and win that game.’According to Fernandes, the ‘individual quality’ of City ultimately proved the ‘difference’ in the derby.

Source: Metro March 04, 2024 00:27 UTC