Bruno Fernandes sets Man United record with latest goal vs Leeds

Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes has etched his name further into the history books of the club on Sunday afternoon.

This comes owing to the latest goal netted by the Portuguese international, during the club’s meeting with Leeds United.

A lightning breakaway late in the first-half of action at Elland Road eventually culminated in Jadon Sancho’s perfectly-weighted delivery into the hosts’ area being nodded home by Fernandes:

Bruno Fernandes doubles Manchester United’s lead in first-half injury time!
The midfielder heads the ball down and past Meslier from Jadon Sancho’s cross! pic.twitter.com/kqX3UdGrVN
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) February 20, 2022

After bagging a hat-trick during the prior meeting between the two sides at Old Trafford earlier in the campaign, this means that United’s midfield goalscorer has now found the net on four occasions against Leeds in 2021/22.

And, in the process, Fernandes has set a new club benchmark, as the only player in the long and storied history of the Red Devils to have racked up such a tally against the Whites across a single season:

4 – Bruno Fernandes is the first Manchester United player to score four league goals against Leeds United in a single season. Thorn. pic.twitter.com/UH5S6mZa8R
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 20, 2022

Maguire on target

Individual feats aside, Fernandes’ latest goal against Leeds also proved crucial in guiding Manchester United towards a potentially crucial 3-point haul.

This comes with the 27-year-old’s header having put Sunday’s visitors two goals to the good at Elland Road on the stroke of the interval, after Harry Maguire rose highest to nod home Luke Shaw’s corner from the right just beyond the half-hour mark:

Harry Maguire breaks the deadlock! ⚽
The Manchester United captain gets on the end of Luke Shaw’s corner to nod the away side into the lead! pic.twitter.com/4fxDOJ6MqY
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) February 20, 2022

Early in the 2nd-half of action in Yorkshire, the scoreline, in turn, remains at 2-0.