Bruno Fernandes crowned best player in the Premier League by Owen Hargreaves after Manchester United beat Chelsea - ‘He was the architect’

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Bruno Fernandes’ match-winning performance for Manchester United against Chelsea solidifies his status as the best player in the Premier League, according to Owen Hargreaves.

'We had to bounce back' - Fernandes delighted with huge win in Champions League hunt

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Matheus Cunha scored the only goal of the game from Fernandes’ sublime assist as The Red Devils won at Stamford Bridge for the first time in six years and took a giant step towards UEFA Champions League qualification as Michael Carrick’s side opened up a 10-point chasm to sixth-place Chelsea with at least five Premier League teams set to qualify for Europe’s premiere competition.

Meanwhile Fernandes is now just one assist away from equalling the record for a Premier League season and he still has up to five more games to go in this campaign.

”Bruno Fernandes, he will be up for player of the year this season, he just creates big moments,” Hargreaves told TNT Sports.

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”He was the architect today, best player on the pitch by a mile and obviously with Cunha finishing up, it feels like Champions League football is coming back to Manchester United.”

”He is the best central midfielder in the Premier League. Kevin de Bruyne was the best for a while but it is Bruno right now. Right now I think he is the best player in the Premier League, it depends, he has had the best performance over the whole season.

”I think [the award] will depend on who wins the title so I think if it is Arsenal it will be a Declan Rice or a Gabriel, if it is not then I think it will be Bruno Fernandes. He has been fabulous in terms of creation and assists, and again a bit of experience.”

Bruno: I just want to improve my game

Cunha thumps Man Utd ahead after ANOTHER Fernandes assist

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Fernandes is chasing down the record tally of 20 that is jointly held by Thierry Henry (2002/03) and Kevin De Bruyne (2019/20) - though both of those players scored more goals (24 and 13) than Fernandes’ tally of eight so far this season.

However, the United captain was played out of position in central midfield in the first-half of the season and 11 of his assists have come in the 13 games since Ruben Amorim was sacked as head coach.

But, despite standing on the verge of history, Fernandes said he is not eyeing up specific milestones.

”I say every time that I want to do better than the season before,” he told TNT Sports.

”I want to improve my game overall. Not assists, not goals but overall, everything - and I need to improve every week because I want to become a better player and end my career as the best as possible.

”I feel three points closer [to the Champions League], now we have another game we have to win. We know we need points to get that place secured and we are going to be doing everything possible.

”It s an amazing feeling for us, we had to bounce back ... we had to make a great performance today because Chelsea is a very good side.

”It was very important for us, our aim is to get close to top four, they are the closest one to top five, it is perfect for us and that is what we need.

”[The fans] were amazing, already in the warm up I felt they were on. Every away ground we go [to], we feel at home and today was no different.”

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