United fans were disappointed by the 3-1 defeat to Arsenal and thought the score might have been completely different if referee Craig Bauson hadn't been the home whistle, the players had had better luck with the shot or Bruno Fernandez scored the second half penalty.
It is not unreasonable to think so, after the half-time change of sides, Manchester United, who are 1-2 behind, really created a good equaliser. If you can score points at that time, you may still have a chance to turn defeat into victory. But all the assumptions were shattered in the 54th minute, and Matic won a penalty, but captain B Fei kicked it on the left upright. United missed a great chance to tie the score, morale was demoralized, and arsenal sealed the win after 15 minutes, with Xhaka's long-range shot to lock the score above 3-1.
Fernandez's failure to score a penalty became a key node in determining the outcome of the game. When he conceded 12 yards, Arsenal goalkeeper Ramsdale rushed in front of him, jumped high and swung his fists in humiliating celebrations, giving a double blow to the Manchester United core.
This scene reminds the British media of Martin Keion's actions when he made a penalty mistake at Van Nistelrooy. Manchester United fans do not understand: why not take the penalty by the team's number one penalty shooter C Ronaldo in the recent past? The answer was revealed after the game, because C Ronaldo felt bad about himself at the time, thinking that B Fei was more sure to play.
This season, Ronaldo scored penalties in the first leg against Arsenal and away to Norwich, but his last penalty, a penalty error in the FA Cup Round 4 against Middlesbrough, ultimately prevented the team from winning. In the penalty shootout, although C Ronaldo successfully scored, Manchester United was still eliminated.
Therefore, this time, Ronaldo decided not to play himself and gave the penalty opportunity to the captain of the field, Fernandez. The latter also had a very high penalty shooting percentage, but unfortunately this season he has made two mistakes, both of which ruined United's chances of equalizing. The last time Portugal's new core played a flying penalty, Manchester United missed a draw and lost to Aston Villa.
In the post-match press conference, Manchester United interim manager Ronnick explained why Cristiano Ronaldo did not play a penalty: "I don't know if this is related to the tragedy of his son's death, you can only ask him. I spoke with Cristiano (Ronaldo) after the game and asked him why. After getting the penalty, the two players had a discussion and Cristiano said he felt that he was not suitable for the penalty, that he did not feel good enough about himself, and that he thought that Bruno was more likely to play. They're both good at penalties, so it's up to them to decide who's going to play."
"If we equalize on penalties, it will be of great help to us and may even change the whole game. But in the end, we were very unlucky." Ronnick concluded. However, United can no longer blame Cristiano Ronaldo, after all, in this game, Maguire sat on the cold bench, and the captain's armband was not handed to the Portuguese superstar.
But for B Fee, the penalty shoot-out deepened his tragedy in the game. A brief summary of what happened to the Captain of Manchester United in this game: hanging shots from the empty goal, missing penalties, and then pedaling on opponents almost being sent off with a red card. In the end, the VAR video assistant referee was merciful and did not define the action of the Manchester United midfield as a red card move. Fans joked that this was also the embodiment of the home whistle, because the B fee was simply Arsenal's "undercover"!
Ironically, since signing a new contract for £240,000 a week, B has scored zero goals, zero assists and conceded a key penalty in five games. When He still has 3+1 years left on his contract, Manchester United can't wait to send a double salary to extend the contract period for one year, which can be said to be a lot of money and willfulness.
Unfortunately, the high salary did not activate Fernandez, who has been in a drought of goals and assists in up to 8 games at Manchester United, but has a key role in Portugal, scoring twice in the World Preliminary Tournament play-off finals and sending the team to the Qatar World Cup at the end of the year. Football is telling United that money is not a panacea.