Bruno Fer­nan­des has tied the record for most as­sists in a sin­gle Pre­mier League cam­paign.

By set­ting up Bryan Mbeu­mo for Unit­ed’s third goal in its 3-2 win over Not­ting­ham For­est on Sun­day, Fer­nan­des moved on­to 20 as­sists — equal with the record held joint­ly by Thier­ry Hen­ry (2002-03) and Kevin De Bruyne (2019-20).

Unit­ed has one game left in the league this sea­son, at Brighton next week­end.

“Every­one knew it was im­por­tant that I could get an­oth­er as­sist at least,” Fer­nan­des said af­ter the game, “and they have been try­ing every­thing they can to score from my pass­es.

“There were prob­a­bly mo­ments to­day I should have passed in­stead of shot.”

Fer­nan­des was last week vot­ed as foot­baller of the year in Eng­land by soc­cer writ­ers.