B Fei called to apologize to Ten Hag, saying that the Manchester United players are responsible! Welcome to Amorim for passion

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes believes that Manchester United players are responsible for the team's poor record, and that manager Ten Hag, who has been sacked, is just the one who "takes the blame". The 30-year-old Portuguese iron man has called Ten Hag to apologise for his poor form.

In Manchester United's 1-1 draw with Chelsea in the Premier League, Fernandes' penalty was his first league goal of the season. The Portuguese midfielder said: "We know that Erik [Ten Hag] has left and it is not good for anyone to be sacked. The team was not in good shape, the results were not good, but only he paid the price. Whenever you see a manager leave, the players take some responsibility because of the team's poor performance. It's easier to fire a coach than it is to fire 15 players."

Referring to what he said to Ten Hag on the phone, Fernandes said: "I called Ten Hag and apologised to him, I was disappointed with his departure and tried to help him. I didn't score, we didn't score, I felt responsible. I usually score a lot of goals, but I always give it my all and he knows that.'

Ironically, since Ten Hag's sack, Fernandes have scored three goals in two games. He scored his 150th goal since joining Manchester United, becoming the seventh player to reach this milestone in Europe's top five leagues and the first midfielder to do so in five years.

This is not the first time that Fernandes have defended a manager who has been sacked, and before Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked, the United captain stopped the crowd from booing him after the game, stressing that the players were responsible for the loss.

However, legendary Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane said it would be useless to apologise now: "I'm not going to spend too much time and patience listening to players say things like 'sorry we let you down', it's useless, it's too late. People will judge you based on how well you do on the pitch."

Keane added: 'I don't think what Bruno has done as captain of Manchester United in the last year has been enough to help the manager. All the results prove it. Of course, it's not just Bruno's problem. I don't want to play with these players. My eyes don't lie to me. Many of them don't have the DNA of Manchester United players. When it gets tough, you need to roll up your sleeves and work hard to win an ugly game as a team, but this United team didn't do that."

Manchester United have already set a record for their worst start to a Premier League season in 40 years, and new boss Ruben Amorim will have a difficult task ahead of them. Fernandes, who had worked briefly with Sporting de Portugal, wanted the new boss to bring fighting spirit and passion. "I'm a big fan of Sporting and watch a lot of their games." "Ruben brought passion to the club and when he came to Sporting the club it was a bit torn apart, but he changed everything," he said.

United boss Ruud van Nistelrooy has also said he will focus on playing his final two games before the international break before discussing the future with Amorim. "From last Monday to today, these six days have been very difficult and the emotions have been like a roller coaster. I'm looking forward to getting to know the new manager better." Vanney said.

With the addition of Amorim, Manchester United have bought 142.1 million euros from Sporting: 65 million euros for B Fee, 25.5 million euros for Nani, 20 million euros for Marcos Rojo, 19 million euros for Cristiano Ronaldo and 12.6 million euros for Amorim.