By Victor Kanayo
For a second time in five days, Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes, suffered a send-off Thursday night as his side had to endure the blushes of defeat to pull a last miniute 3-3 draw in a Europa League match against Porto.
The United skipper was shown a second yellow card for a high foot in the 82nd minute of the encounter.
Same Fernandes was dismissed in United’s 3-0 thrashing by Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday.
Against Porto, it was the ‘rejected’ Harry Maguire who rescued a dramatic draw for 10-man Manchester United after they had surrendered a two-goal lead.
The injury-time effort could prove priceless for under-pressure manager Erik ten Hag, whose side were moments away from their fourth loss in 10 games to start the season.
Instead, substitute Maguire rose highest to meet Christian Eriksen’s corner and headed superbly into the bottom corner in the first of five added minutes.
It was a thrilling conclusion to a chaotic encounter at Estadio do Dragao.
At the opening Europa Conference League match, another English Premier League giants Chelsea thrashed Gent 4-2 on a night full of goals.
