Fantasy football managers fume over decision to award Man Utd’s Bruno Fernandes assist against Fulham
Last Updated: January 21, 2021 2:10 pm
Bruno assist?
The world of Fantasy Football can of course bring people together, but can also divide based on the smallest decisions from a yellow card costing a solitary point, or a player being awarded an assist which some believe was not justified.
The latter example, meanwhile, saw Bruno Fernandes take centre stage against Fulham. The Portuguese attacking midfielder was deemed to have legitimately and intentionally set the ball up for Edinson Cavani to equalise, after an Ademola Lookman goal opened the scoring.
Fernandes was played in down the left-hand side, before swinging in a cross which French goalkeeper Alphonse Areola could not hang on to. The latter parried it straight into the path of Cavani, who slotted home calmly.
The official Fantasy Football site, at the time, stated that the goal’s assist had yet to be confirmed, after the significant touch from Areola.
Goal – CAVANI
Assist – TBCFulham 1-1 Man Utd (21 mins)#FULMUN #FPL
— Fantasy Premier League (@OfficialFPL) January 20, 2021
Fantasy fans fume
At half-time, though, it was confirmed that Fernandes had in fact been granted the assist, with the tweet in question having been met with quite a response from those who had evidently not included the Portuguese in their teams:
Chilwell had the same case V Fulham where Mount scored the goal. No assist given. Now Bruno get it. How? Where is the consistency??
— Ibrahim Carab (@iBraaa_AFC) January 20, 2021
Y’all couldn’t give Chilwell same assist …This is actually nonsense
— BAY (@bayour20) January 20, 2021
Give Chilwell his assist now then for Mounts goal!!
— FPL Corrigan (@FPLCorrigan) January 20, 2021
i swear the only reason this is given is cos admin has bruno TC
— George (@GeorgeSpursFan_) January 20, 2021
Give me my points for chilwell from Saturday then for his assist for mounts goal 😡
— Richard (@Richy_Rich1996) January 20, 2021
Such aggravation stemmed from a recent decision not to award Ben Chilwell, the Chelsea left-back, an assist in the Blues’ 1-0 victory over Fulham. Again, Areola was at the heart of things, palming out a cross from the England international, which fell to Mason Mount to smash into the back of the net:
Mason Mount *finally* breaks the deadlock at Craven Cottage
📺 Watch Fulham v Chelsea on Sky Sports PL nowpic.twitter.com/azd4bmwT3m
— Sky Sports (@SkySports) January 16, 2021
With Bruno Fernandes of course one of the biggest goal contributors in the Premier League, is it arguable that the mistake falls at the feet of the Fantasy managers who opted against selecting the Manchester United star? An influx of transfers for the next Gameweek may now be on many a manager’s agenda.
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This article was edited by Conor Laird.
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| 1 | Manchester City FC | 36 | 47 | 83 |
| 2 | Manchester United FC | 36 | 28 | 70 |
| 3 | Leicester City FC | 36 | 21 | 66 |
| 4 | Chelsea FC | 36 | 22 | 64 |
| 5 | Liverpool FC | 35 | 20 | 60 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 36 | 22 | 59 |
| 7 | West Ham United FC | 36 | 10 | 59 |
| 8 | Everton FC | 35 | 4 | 56 |
| 9 | Arsenal FC | 36 | 12 | 55 |
| 10 | Leeds United | 36 | 4 | 53 |
| 11 | Aston Villa FC | 36 | 7 | 49 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 36 | -14 | 45 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace FC | 36 | -21 | 44 |
| 14 | Southampton FC | 36 | -16 | 43 |
| 15 | Burnley FC | 36 | -18 | 39 |
| 16 | Newcastle United FC | 36 | -19 | 39 |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 36 | -5 | 38 |
| 18 | Fulham FC | 36 | -24 | 27 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 35 | -36 | 26 |
| 20 | Sheffield United FC | 35 | -44 | 17 |
| Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Kane, Harry | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 22 |
| Salah, Mohamed | Liverpool FC | 22 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 17 |
| Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 17 |
| Calvert-Lewin, Dominic | Everton FC | 16 |
| Bamford, Patrick | Leeds United | 15 |
| Vardy, Jamie | Leicester City FC | 13 |
| Watkins, Ollie | Aston Villa FC | 13 |
| Lacazette, Alexandre | Arsenal FC | 13 |
| Wilson, Callum | Newcastle United FC | 12 |
| Ings, Danny | Southampton FC | 12 |
| Wood, Chris | Burnley FC | 12 |
| Gundogan, Ilkay | Manchester City FC | 12 |
| Rashford, Marcus | Manchester United FC | 11 |
| Zaha, Wilfried | Crystal Palace FC | 11 |
| Iheanacho, Kelechi | Leicester City FC | 11 |
| Pereira, Matheus | West Bromwich Albion | 10 |
| Sterling, Raheem | Manchester City FC | 10 |
| Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick | Arsenal FC | 10 |
| Mane, Sadio | Liverpool FC | 9 |
| Player | Team | Red Cards | Yellow Cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maguire, Harry | Manchester United FC | 0 | 11 |
| McGinn, John | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 10 |
| Gallagher, Conor | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | 10 |
| Milivojevic, Luka | Crystal Palace FC | 1 | 8 |
| Lundstram, John | Sheffield United FC | 1 | 8 |
| Luiz, Douglas | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 8 |
| Bissouma, Yves | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 1 | 8 |
| Soucek, Tomas | West Ham United FC | 1 | 7 |
| Hojbjerg, Pierre | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 0 | 8 |
| Xhaka, Granit | Arsenal FC | 1 | 7 |
| Bellerin, Hector | Arsenal FC | 0 | 8 |
| Andersen, Joachim | Fulham FC | 1 | 7 |
| Phillips, Kalvin | Leeds United | 0 | 8 |
| Egan, John | Sheffield United FC | 1 | 7 |
| Holgate, Mason | Everton FC | 0 | 8 |
| Hayden, Isaac | Newcastle United FC | 0 | 8 |
| McGoldrick, David | Sheffield United FC | 0 | 7 |
| Westwood, Ashley | Burnley FC | 0 | 7 |
| Reid, Bobby | Fulham FC | 0 | 7 |
| Shaw, Luke | Manchester United FC | 0 | 7 |
| Player | Team | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| Kane, Harry | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 13 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 11 |
| Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 10 |
| Grealish, Jack | Aston Villa FC | 10 |
| De Bruyne, Kevin | Manchester City FC | 10 |
| Rashford, Marcus | Manchester United FC | 9 |
| Vardy, Jamie | Leicester City FC | 8 |
| Harrison, Jack | Leeds United | 8 |
| Werner, Timo | Chelsea FC | 8 |
| Raphinha | Leeds United | 8 |
| Pereira, Matheus | West Bromwich Albion | 7 |
| Mane, Sadio | Liverpool FC | 7 |
| Ward-Prowse, James | Southampton FC | 7 |
| Eze, Eberechi | Crystal Palace FC | 7 |
| Gross, Pascal | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 7 |
| Alexander-Arnold, Trent | Liverpool FC | 7 |
| Cresswell, Aaron | West Ham United FC | 7 |
| Digne, Lucas | Everton FC | 7 |
| Bamford, Patrick | Leeds United | 6 |
| Sterling, Raheem | Manchester City FC | 6 |
