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What happened between Manchester United duo Antony and Bruno Fernandes against Crystal Palace?

Manchester United and Crystal Palace played to a1-1 draw on Wednesday at Selhurst Park, and the match was marked by a heated confrontation betweenaway players, Antony and Bruno Fernandes. Here, find out what happened.

Antony and Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United
Ā© Shaun Botterill/Getty ImagesAntony and Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United

Manchester Unitedā€˜s 10-game unbeaten streak came to an end on Wednesday when Michael Olise scored in the dying minutesfrom a free kick for Crystal Palaceinthe rescheduled Matchday 7Premier League clash. The Red Devilsbelieved they had done enough when Bruno Fernandes scored in the first half, but they were given a shock when Olise scored a magnificent free-kick in the 94th minute.

Erik ten Hag’s squad lost a little bit of morale after the fight at Selhurst Park. Because of Casemiroā€˜s fifth yellow card of the year, they will be without their star midfielder for this weekend’simportant match against table leaders, Arsenal.

Despite suffering a late setback, Manchester United were still able to advanceone spot, passing Newcastle and going into third place, tied with Manchester City in the league. They meet the Gunners on Sunday at Emirates Stadium, and they are now eight points adrift.

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Crystal Palace vs Manchester United: What transpired between Antony and Bruno Fernandes?

In a game when the away side weretrying to go ahead of their city rivals Manchester City, tensions rose to the point where two of Erik ten Hag’s players got into it with one another.During the first half of theCrystal Palace game, United players Antony and Bruno Fernandes were spotted arguing.

Video from the Premier League match shows a fight between the duo in the 28th minute, just before United nettedthefirst goal of the match. The Portuguese playmaker yells at his teammate and gestures with his arm as if to say the winger should have broken into the attacking third.

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Antony, a former forwardfor Ajax, didn’t waste any time snapping back at his Red Devils teammate, apparently calling Fernandes a ā€œfilha de p*taā€(ā€œson of a b****ā€in English). After the Brazilian gave is teammatethe cold shoulder for a second, the two immediately made up and resumed their positions at the center of the team’sjubilant celebrations.

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