Bruno Fernandes was kicked in the warm-up by Nemanja Matic and just 12 minutes into today’s game he was floored by Southampton’s Oriol Romeu.
The former Chelsea midfielder went in hard on the Portugal international – a tactic I’m sure will be used more often as Fernandes proves to a big problem for every side United face.
Southampton have been second to most balls since kick-off, and this incident was no different with Romeu late into the challenge.
The Spaniard has a bit of a reputation for being a dirty player but I wouldn’t go as far as to say this was a reckless lunge, although he knew what he was doing…
Romeu got away without a yellow card.
Watch the foul below – footage courtesy of Sky Sports:
Southampton are currently leading 1-0.
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