Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes has hit back at club legends Roy Keane and Gary Neville, who labelled his on-field behaviour 'disrespectful'.
The Portuguese midfielder came in for some heavy criticism for his behavior during the side's humiliating 7-0 loss to Liverpool at Anfield last month.
Both Keane and Neville were not happy with Fernandes, who was wearing the captain's armband but he admits that he does go over the line at times.
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"I think obviously sometimes I go over the line, I know that. But as I said, it can happen with the game and it's difficult to control the emotions,"
"I never try to be disrespectful with anyone obviously. As I said, we are all competitive, we all want to win and I just think that the way I play, the way I feel the game, the passion I have for the game is the way I feel better and I feel that I can give the most to my team and to my club. That's why I play in that way and also I've been like that since I was seven years old.
"I don't want to lose any game. I'm really competitive, I always try to push and give the best of myself and also push the others to give the best of themselves because if I ask someone or if I'm on the pitch and see someone that I'm speaking to them and try and say something, it's because I believe that they can do better than what they're doing."
"I kind of understand what's going on behind that but I can't control that. We all know the pundits have to say something.
"They have to give their work as most bad things they say, the more work they get sometimes. We just have to live with that but for me, it's about my teammates being okay and happy with that. Whenever they are not, I like them to tell me and so I calm myself down."
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