Since his Premier League debut in February 2020, Manchester United’s Fernandes has scored 12 of the 13 penalties he has taken in the competition.
Indeed, his 12 penalty goals are more than any team besides Man Utd in the Premier League in this period.
Speaking to Sky Sports afterwards, the Portuguese said: “We all know it’s difficult to play against them. They defend well and are good on the ball, but we did almost everything perfect and the result is the most important thing.
“It’s about performing well until the end of the season and about trying to win every game. Scoring in the first minute is perfect as we then had more space to counter, and we know that the big threat we have is the counter.
“Against Tottenham we started with a penalty in the first minute but we still lost the game, so it’s not always perfect. But we remained focus until the end, scored the second, and we defended well. We know that if we defend well, we have the chances to score.
“Some people may say United are now performing against the ‘Big Six’ because we won but it doesn’t affect us. We’ve perhaps performed better against other big teams and didn’t win. Football is about scoring goals and not conceding and that’s what happened today. We took our chances.”