Manchester United fans have highlighted Jesse Lingard's poor goal contribution stats by making a comparison with the efforts of Bruno Fernandes.
England international Lingard endured another difficult weekend in a United shirt as his side fell to a shock 2-1 loss at home to Crystal Palace.
Daniel James scored the consolation goal, which was set-up by Anthony Martial, meaning Lingard prolonged his unwanted run of having not scored or assisted a single goal in the current calendar year.
In contrast Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes grabbed three assists on Sunday night as his side eased past Portimonense in the league.
Many supporters had urged the club to make a move for the Portugal international during the summer transfer window, and they think the club only have themselves to blame for not pursuing a move in the 24-year-old.
The stats don't lie
Today, Bruno Fernandes had more assists (3) in 90 minutes than Jesse Lingard has had in his last 37 games. pic.twitter.com/3MgFdC7CSq
— UtdArena. (@utdarena) August 25, 2019
Wasted opportunity?
He got more assists in one game than Lingard will get in a year. Our midfield is terrible, we lack creativity and struggle to break teams down - Bruno would definitely help with that. And he was literally begging for a transfer to England. What a wasted opportunity.
— Marcin (@Cinkiewicz7) August 25, 2019
Simply put
Bruno Fernandes got 3 assists this weekend....
— Ryan Harrison (@R_Harrison17) August 26, 2019
Ouch
Bruno Fernandes has got three assists for Sporting tonight. That’s more in one night than Lingard has got for us in over a year. One of them isn’t good enough to play for us though apparently.
— Asonye Emmanuel (@AsonyeEmmanuel3) August 26, 2019
That's the spirit
Not signing Bruno Fernandes is going to haunt us this entire season #MUFC
— Ashish Jain (@ashish_j94) August 26, 2019
Homegrown advantage?
Bruno Fernandes had 3 assist last night for Sporting Lisbon.
— M United_boy (@Mashu17_4thmile) August 26, 2019
Meanwhile our #10 Jesse Lingard has "0" goal contribution in 2019.
But he has British passport, so he'll play.
On the other hand...
How fickle are united fans becoming? Pogba 3 assists v Chelsea but they would rather slate his penalty miss v Wolves and praise Bruno Fernandes for his 3 assists against far inferior opposition
— Chris M. (@flickybig) August 26, 2019
