Bruno Fernandes feels Man Utd’s set-piece threat is increasing as drought ends

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Bruno Fernandes believes Manchester United are developing a set-piece threat after becoming the last Premier League team to score from a corner this season&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Skipper Harry Maguire headed home from United’s 140th top-flight corner to put Ralf Rangnick’s side on their way to a 4-2 victory at Leeds on Sunday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It ended an incredible run which England defender Maguire described as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;embarrassing”&comma; although Raphael Varane saw his effort from a free-kick disallowed in the 1-1 draw at Burnley earlier this month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s good to see&comma;” Fernandes said of United’s first Premier League goal from a corner since April 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are improving on that&period; We have scored against Burnley too&comma; but unluckily for us the referee saw a foul there&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&lpar;If we&rpar; keep on doing the right things&comma; we will score more goals from set-pieces&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But the main point is scoring goals&period; If it is from set-pieces or whatever it is&comma; we have to score&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Portugal playmaker Fernandes netted United’s second before half-time at Elland Road&comma; the 49th of his Red Devils career since joining from Sporting Lisbon two years ago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was a victory which gave United a four-point advantage in the race for a top-four Champions League spot&comma; although Arsenal&comma; Tottenham and Wolves all have games in hand below them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>United were pulled back to 2-2 by Leeds before substitutes Fred and Anthony Elanga made decisive contributions&comma; and Fernandes told MUTV&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That &lpar;2-0 lead&rpar; was probably the problem for us&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We think we are in a great position and we started a little bit sloppy on the passes under pressure and they get away with two goals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Obviously I think the second one was a foul&period; When I passed the ball with my right foot he &lpar;Adam Forshaw&rpar; stamped on my left&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But this is England&period; They said it’s English football and I have to get used to it&comma; so it’s OK&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Either way the most important thing was the reaction after&period; That reaction makes us win the game&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fernandes had special praise for United’s second-half scorers and Scott McTominay&comma; who was involved in a relentless midfield battle on an Elland Road pitch saturated by incessant rain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Fred is a player that works very hard and doesn’t get a lot of praise&comma;” Fernandes said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Him and Scott are two players who are really important for us in many games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m really happy for him and also for Anthony&comma; who got his goal&period; He’s a kid that deserves that&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The important point for us was understanding if we keep doing the right things&comma; and taking the right decisions&comma; we can win the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Even if you concede goals you have to keep making the right decisions&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed0de6b3e41">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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