“He is majestic”: Rio Ferdinand was supremely impressed by this United player vs City, Ten Hag shouldn’t change his role

Captain Bruno Fernandes picked up where he left off at the end of last season by appearing in an unfamiliar false nine role and still managing to make quite an impact.

He had no goals or assists that will pop up on the raw stats board, but his effort off the ball and adventurousness on it gave City plenty of headaches.

Rio Ferdinand believed regardless of his position, there’s an area of the pitch he excels in and shouldn’t move from there.

Rio Ferdinand hails ‘majestic’ Bruno Fernandes

In the absence of a natural striker, Erik ten Hag repeated the system that got him the FA Cup win last season vs the same opponents.

Mason Mount and Bruno Fernandes interchanged positions at the tip of the attack, with Marcus Rashford and Amad providing width in a fluid strikerless system.