Fulham defender Calvin Bassey has questioned the decision to name Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes as the player of the match following the two sides’ FA Cup clash on Sunday. The Portugal international was handed the accolade after his match-saving effort, 19 minutes from time. Fernandes expertly steered into the bottom corner from Diogo Dalot’s cut-back to cancel out Bassey’s first-half opener.Fulham defender Calvin Bassey has questioned the decision to name Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes as the player of the match following the two sides’ FA Cup clash on Sunday. The Portugal international was handed the accolade after his match-saving effort, 19 minutes from time. Fernandes expertly steered into the bottom corner from Diogo Dalot’s cut-back to cancel out Bassey’s first-half opener.

The Fulham defender was on hand to nod home as United’s poor record defending set-pieces continued. Marco Silva’s side went on to win the tie on penalties with Bernd Leno making himself the hero – denying Victor Lindelof and Joshua Zirkzee from the spot.

Bassey quote-tweeted a post from the official FA Cup account on X which lauded the Nigerian international for his efforts at both ends of the pitch. The 25-year-old replied: “No man of the match [face with raised eyebrow emoji].”