Maradona37
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They didn't consciously demand it, it is a quirk of their style of play.Wrong, they played hero ball regardless of them, actually to the disadvantage of those players. The idea is that somehow Rashford and Bruno demanded this is nonsensical. They just pinned the pressure to their best players, that was Rashford at first, then Bruno.
You don't need much more proof than United's last train-wreck of a season while Rashford wasn't even there.
And Fernandes was still there in that train wreck.
It's a combination of Man United as a club being a moments club who can't dominate games in midfield, and hence because of that predisposition they indulge lads like rashford and Fernandes. They're United players to a tee - poor in tight spaces, cannot control games, but are great in moments and stats and pulling rabbits out of a hat, and one of them has pace.
They've always been like this - even at their best they spent a large part of the game being outplayed and winning with superior end product. This still happens now, just to a lesser extent, partly because their difference makers like Fernandes and Rashford are nowhere near as good as Ronaldo or Rooney.