![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-17-at-18.38.28.png\")
<\/p>\nInspired by Bruno Fernandes (\u00a310.4m) once more, Manchester United beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Here are our Scout Notes from Old Trafford.<\/p>\n
BRUNO EQUALS ASSIST RECORD<\/p>\n
Bruno equalled the orthodox Premier League assist record on Sunday, supplying his 20th of the season.<\/p>\n
The Portuguese playmaker\u2019s low cross was tapped in by Bryan Mbeumo (\u00a38.3m) in the second half.<\/p>\n
He has now matched Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne, and still has one more game \u2013 away at Brighton and Hove Albion next week \u2013 to beat it.<\/p>\n
In truth, Bruno could easily have broken the record on Sunday, having created eight (!) chances, the joint-most by any player in a Premier League match this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got to 20 today, let\u2019s see we have one more game. It\u2019s the highest I\u2019ve done in the Premier League so I am very happy with it.\u201d \u2013 Bruno Fernandes<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone knew it was important that I could get another assist at least. They were trying everything they could to finish off my passes. There were probably moments where I should have passed instead of shoot. I am very happy for the assists, but more so for the win and to end the season on a high.\u201d \u2013 Bruno Fernandes<\/p>\n
\u2026 AND WHY BRUNO GOT A FANTASY ASSIST<\/p>\n
Prior to that, Bruno banked a Fantasy assist for Luke Shaw\u2019s (\u00a34.5m) opener.<\/p>\n
Forest failed to deal with his cross into the box, and a poor headed clearance by Neco Williams (\u00a34.8m) fell to the left-back, who drilled it into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n
The Fantasy assist was awarded to Bruno because his cross was followed by only a single defensive touch \u2013 Williams\u2019 clearance \u2013 before the goalscoring action by Shaw, which, crucially, was inside the box.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s now 23 Fantasy Premier League (FPL) assists for the season for Bruno, so he\u2019s now joint-second in the all-time FPL assists table:<\/p>\n
SeasonPlayerPosClubPointsAssists2013\/14Luis SuarezFWDLiverpool295252002\/03Thierry HenryFWDArsenal271232019\/20Kevin De BruyneMIDMan City251232025\/26Bruno FernandesMIDMan Utd22123MBEUMO WASTEFUL<\/p>\n
Mbeumo will have felt a sense of relief after finally scoring from Bruno\u2019s assist in the 76th minute, having previously missed some excellent chances. \u00a0<\/p>\n
There was nothing of note to play for at Old Trafford, with Forest safe and United guaranteed a Champions League spot, but in an often-frantic encounter, Mbeumo hit the post and skied a sitter from an Amad Diallo (\u00a36.2m) cutback.<\/p>\n
Leading the line in the absence of the injured Benjamin Sesko (\u00a37.2m), he took six shots in total, four of which were Opta \u2018big chances\u2019, which resulted in an expected goals (xG) tally of 2.21.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Above: Bryan Mbeumo\u2019s xG shot map v Forest<\/p>\n
United\u2019s second strike was scored under contentious circumstances, when Mbeumo appeared to use his arm to help him control the ball, before Matheus Cunha (\u00a38.1m) fired it home.<\/p>\n
CASEMIRO FAREWELL<\/p>\n
Casemiro (\u00a35.9m) returned for his farewell appearance at Old Trafford and played pretty well overall.<\/p>\n
He finished the match with just four defensive contributions (DefCon), but did produce three shots and two chances created, with one of his first-half efforts trickling just wide of the post.<\/p>\n
For his owners, it sounds like he\u2019ll feature, at least in some capacity, at the Amex next week.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know we have the next game. We need to finish the season well.\u201d \u2013 Casemiro<\/p>\n
ANDERSON SUPERB, GIBBS-WHITE BACK<\/p>\n
Forest improved after Shaw\u2019s early opener and showed plenty of character, with Elliot Anderson (\u00a35.6m) excellent once more.<\/p>\n
With real drive and energy from the middle of the park, he not only banked DefCon points at Old Trafford but also recorded his fourth and fifth assists of the season.<\/p>\n
Morato (\u00a34.3m) was the first to score for Forest, when he nodded home Anderson\u2019s superb delivery.<\/p>\n
Another brilliant ball from the England international later found a masked Morgan Gibbs-White (\u00a37.5m), who made his return after his nasty facial injury.<\/p>\n
Gibbs-White, who drifted infield from the left at every opportunity, now has six goals and two assists from his last six matches, underlining his importance for Vitor Pereira\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-17-at-21.00.23-618x1024.png\")
<\/p>\n
Above: Forest\u2019s average position map v Man Utd, featuring Gibbs-White (No 10)<\/p>\n
It could have been more, too, when Gibbs-White was denied one-on-one by Senne Lammens (\u00a35.1m).<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Chris Wood (\u00a37.1m) was back in the starting XI at centre forward, while Ibrahim Sangare (\u00a34.9m) made his comeback from injury as a second-half substitute.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Free-Trial-Graphic-GW38-1-1.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inspired by Bruno Fernandes (\u00a310.4m) once more, Manchester United beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 on Sunday. Here are our…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[34106,197235,49495,197236,197237,42,197238,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-454477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-anderson","tag-bruno-assists","tag-casemiro","tag-gameweek-37","tag-gibbs-white","tag-headlines","tag-mbeumo","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}