Bruno Fernandes breaks his silence after Manchester United’s embarrassing Champions League exit

Bruno Fernandes has posted a blunt message on social media following Manchester United’s humiliating Champions League exit, insisting their performances are simply ‘not good enough’.

Despite starting their group in commanding fashion – winning their first two matches against PSG and Leipzig – United have now dropped into the Europa League after losing three of their last four games.

United once again got off to an awful start as they went 3-0 behind against RB Leipzig in Germany on Tuesday night before a rally at the death which proved too little too late in their crunch final group game.

Fernandes insists that United must improve drastically after losing 3-2 against RB Leipzig

Pressure has ramped up massively on United and in particular on manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and Fernandes has had his say on their Champions League exit – claiming the Red Devils must improve drastically. 

‘Not good enough from us,’ Fernandes wrote on his Instagram account on Thursday morning accompanied by a photo of himself showing his dejection against Leipzig.

‘We have to do much better to represent such a big club and especially playing in the Champions League with big teams.’

Fernandes’ message comes amid reports United’s senior players ascertain that Solskjaer’s continuous tweaking of their tactics is a detrimental factor to their indifferent form.

According to the Telegraph, they fear that their manager’s constant tinkering has caused instability which has correlated into inconsistent results.

The Red Devils have played 18 times in all competitions this season and not once has Solskjaer named the same starting XI in back-to-back games. Furthermore, he has only named an unchanged line-up in the Premier League once.

Meanwhile, Many United players have kept silent since Tuesday’s defeat, but captain Harry Maguire spoke out immediately following their exit.

Pressure has intensified massively on United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after the defeat

The England international said United will continue to fall short in their quest for success unless they learn from the mistakes in the Champions League.

‘We’ve got to go home, look at ourselves because it’s not good enough for this club to go out in a group in the Champions League,’ Maguire said. ‘We’re disappointed.

‘Of course it’s frustrating (conceding early goals). As a defender you want to be keeping clean sheets and we seem to be shooting ourselves in the foot in the first five minutes of the game.

‘It’s a poor goal to give away. We’ve come here, we’ve known a (draw) is good enough to get through to the knockout stage and we concede after two minutes. It’s not acceptable.

‘We’ve got to look at ourselves. I said it on Saturday (after coming back to win 3-1 at West Ham) and I keep saying it to the lads that we can’t keep giving these goals away and coming from behind.

United will be desperate to bounce back when they host rivals Manchester City on Saturday

‘Although we do have great belief that we can get back into the game, one time we won’t manage to do so and unfortunately it’s been (on Tuesday night) because we can’t start a game like we have done.’

There will be huge scrutiny on United to bounce back immediately when they return to Premier League action on Saturday evening.

However, the task doesn’t get any easier for Solskjaer’s side as they prepare to welcome rivals Manchester City to Old Trafford. 

City head into the weekend’s eagerly-anticipated derby on the back of their comfortable 3-0 win over Marseille in the Champions League on Wednesday night.