Bruno Fernandes equals Premier League assist record in United win

The decisive moment came at Old Trafford as Fernandes supplied the pass that allowed Mbeumo to finish, the kind of final action that mattered after a week in which his assist count had already been under scrutiny. He had gone to 19 assists after setting up Benjamin Sesko in the 2-1 win over Brentford in Matchweek 34, and there had also been debate over whether he had tied the record against Liverpool, only for that assist not to stand.

Fernandes said afterward that he was “proud, happy and grateful,” while also stressing a basic truth of the stat sheet: the scorer has to finish the move for an assist to count. It was a fitting line for a player whose numbers have driven Manchester United’s run-in and whose influence has gone well beyond one match. Fernandes was already named the 2025/26 Football Writers’ Association men’s Footballer of the Year on 8 May, with reports saying he beat Declan Rice by 28 votes and became the first winner from neither Liverpool nor Manchester City in nine years.