Bruno Fernandes immediately ignores Erik ten Hag demand after Carabao Cup win
Bruno Fernandes immediately outlined his desire to win more trophies after Manchester United ended a six-year silverware drought in Sunday's Carabao Cup final.
The Red Devils ran out comfortable 2-0 winners against Newcastle courtesy of first-half goals from Casemiro and Marcus Rashford, who has now been officially credited as a goalscorer after his strike was initially billed as a Sven Botman own goal.
That was enough to land the first trophy of the Erik ten Hag era - and already Manchester United fans are dreaming of more success with the club still firmly in the Premier League title race, the FA Cup and the Europa League.
The Dutchman is unlikely to get too far ahead of himself, though, after he attempted to temper expectations earlier in the season. Speaking last month, the former Ajax chief stressed that the focus at the club had to be on developing the team rather than chasing silverware.
"I know Man United are always aiming for trophies and we are going for that," he explained. "[But] we cannot force this and have to focus on the next game, not focus on trophies; that is far away. We have to work on the team and development."
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But after lifting his first trophy since joining Manchester United, Fernandes took a different viewpoint from his boss and was quick to express his hunger for more.
The Portuguese playmaker told Sky Sports: "It’s an amazing feeling. We have waited so long for this moment, us, the fans, the club, we are in this all together and we finally get our trophy and I think we deserved it."
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Bruno Fernandes immediately targeted more trophies after Sunday's Carabao Cup final triumph (Sky Sports)He continued: "It's been amazing and it’s our first trophy of the season, but we want more, it is not enough for this club. We need more because our standards want more. For me, it was about winning trophies and finally, we did it. I am satisfied but I want more. I want much more."
Winning the first domestic trophy of the season caps a fine week for United, who progressed to the last-16 of the Europa League at Barcelona's expense last Thursday following a 4-3 aggregate win.
United are also still in reaching distance of Arsenal at the summit of the Premier League and have the opportunity to book a spot in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup when they meet West Ham on Wednesday.
Ten Hag showed no signs of softening the stance he laid out last month - but did concede that the current United squad could "draw inspiration" from their first trophy triumph. The Dutchman said: "First you have to win the first one, and that is what we did. I think we can get inspiration from this and confidence that we can do it. We said at the start that we wanted to restore Manchester United by winning trophies and this is the first one."
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