Sunday\u2019s 3-2 win over Nottingham Forest<\/a>, in the process equalling the league\u2019s single-season record of 20 assists alongside Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne, with a chance to now break it at Brighton on Sunday.<\/p>\nBut, in a match where United were not certain of victory until the final whistle, there were a number of occasions where Fernandes appeared to pass up opportunities to shoot, instead focusing on finding a team-mate, and Keane took issue with what he saw as individual records being prioritised over team goals.<\/p>\n
Speaking on The Overlap, Keane said: “When you\u2019re the captain of a club and you\u2019re supposed to be driving the club forward, do not be getting bogged down by just your role in the team, just assists.<\/p>\n
“What I heard at United at the weekend, honestly, I was raging with it. The whole chat about his assists\u2026 Everyone, the players were (talking about it), the game was about his assists. That\u2019s the whole thing.<\/p>\n
“After the game he got interviewed and he said, the captain of Manchester United, said ‘A few times, I probably should have\u2026 shot but I made the passes\u2019. Wow. How can your mindset be not to win the match but be about an individual record?”<\/p>\n
When Gary Neville pointed out that Fernandes said he had turned down lucrative offers to leave United because he is determined to bring more silverware to the club, Keane said he would need to change his mindset for that to happen.<\/p>\n
“He won\u2019t be winning trophies, not with that mindset of the team,” he said. “They\u2019re giving up two goals and everyone\u2019s getting all giddy because he\u2019s equalled the record for assists. It\u2019s mind-boggling. It\u2019s a circus act.”<\/p>\n
Keane also criticised Fernandes for showing his frustration when his team-mates were unable to finish chances he had created, saying as a captain it should be his role to give encouragement rather than lamenting the fact he had not added to his own statistics.<\/p>\n
“Bruno gives a pass and they missed it,” he said. “What did Bruno do after he missed it? He went on the floor. Why is he falling? (He\u2019s disappointed) for himself. His striker is having a difficult spell and missed a couple of chances, and he\u2019s thinking of himself.”<\/p>\n
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