It would be easy to pin Sunday’s deflating 1-1 draw and performance at Fulham on Fernandes. He contributed to the game’s two most decisive moments: his first-half penalty miss, ballooned high over the crossbar, and his failure to track the run of Emile Smith Rowe, who arrived late to convert the 73rd-minute equaliser.

Bruno Fernandes’s skyward penalty for Manchester United against Fulham on Sunday afternoon was the fifth Premier League spot-kick he has missed for the club. Since the Portuguese penalty taker arrived at Old Trafford in February 2020, no other player in the division has missed more.