Overview
- Fernandes has 19 Premier League assists this season, leaving him one short of the 20 set by Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne.
- He told Sky Sports he will not change his game to chase the milestone and will take penalties as normal rather than seek an easy pass.
- Manchester United hosted Opta at their Carrington training ground to explain assist definitions and address conflicting counts used by different data providers.
- His 19th assist came on a pass to Benjamin Sesko, with four league matches left before he joins Portugal for the World Cup.
- Fernandes said own-goals should not earn an assist and dismissed calls to credit so-called pre-assists.