Diogo Dalot put the ball on a plate for Bruno Fernandes, who rushed his shot like a player thinking he had strayed into an offside position.
Bruno Fernandes was found alone inside the box with a through ball from a fellow Portugal international, but he volleyed his effort a mile over the bar.
The Portuguese midfielder has not been at his best this season and you would’ve fancied him to score from his opportunity.
Replays showed that Fernandes was onside and the linesman rightly kept his flag down following the attack. The player was visibly angry knowing that.
Dalot has been excellent at right-back and he offers us a lot more going forward than Aaron Wan-Bissaka. You can see what he brings to the team with this passage of play, footage courtesy of Emirates FA Cup:
It was one of many chances United couldn’t score from last night, as Bruno Fernandes missed another opportunity when the goalkeeper was caught off his line.
Had Fernandes scored we would be talking about the next round of the FA Cup.
Neither of the United full backs attempted to run behind the Middlesborough back 4. Despite this tactical failing, I feel sorry for Rangnick to some extent. His team squandered half a dozen straightforward goal opportunities – in addition to the penalty miss. This lack of penetration and unprofessional finishing is the main reason that their GD tally is a threadbare 6.
I think the presence of ronaldo intimidates some players, but also a lot of players resent him. Ronaldo missed the penalty. Fernandes missed a great chance but he was under game pressure. If #7 scores the easy one , then we would have run away with the game. Blame ronaldo, not fernandes