Bruno Fernandes has reached 140 Premier League goal involvements after providing an assist for Manchester United against Brentford, a milestone that places him level with Cristiano Ronaldo in that specific metric.<\/p>\n
Since his arrival at the Red Devils in January 2020, Fernandes has now recorded 70 Premier League goals and 70 assists. That combination gives him 140 goal contributions from 226 appearances for United in the competition.<\/p>\n
By comparison, Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s record to the same total required more appearances. It took Ronaldo 233 appearances to record his 140th Premier League goal involvement, seven games more than Fernandes needed. The underlying breakdown in the comparison shows Ronaldo with 103 goals and 37 assists in the Premier League as presented in the same set of statistics.<\/p>\n
Fernandes\u2019s creativity has been a defining feature of his six-year tenure at United. His next goal involvement will see Fernandes eclipse his international teammate. If it is an assist, it will also move the 31-year-old level with Henry and De Bruyne\u2019s assist record, with another creative landmark then in his sights.<\/p>\n
There is also a broader assist benchmark within the league and across Europe. The Premier League\u2019s single-season assist record sits at 20. Across the top five European leagues the record is marginally higher: Lionel Messi and Thomas M\u00fcller each finished the 2019\u201320 season with 21 league assists, the only two occasions anyone exceeded 20 in the recorded history covered.<\/p>\n
United have four Premier League games remaining this season. If Fernandes provides one more assist he will tie the league\u2019s single-season record; two more assists would move him level with Messi and M\u00fcller at the top of the European ranking for a single season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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