Bruno Fernandes 'answered questions' with winner against Liverpool says Ally McCoist, after Manchester United talisman was accused of 'going missing in big games'

The Portugal midfielder has been hailed for almost single-handedly turning the Red Devils into a team to be feared again, following his exceptional first year at Old Trafford.

Fernandes boasts an incredible 46 goal involvements - 28 goals and 18 assists - for United since his £67million arrival from Sporting CP in January 2020, and his brilliant performances have helped Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side climb back to the top of the Premier League.

However, his stunning form has not stopped the doubters asking questions about his performances, with talkSPORT pundit Jamie O'Hara among those to accuse the 26-year-old of 'going missing' in big games.

After his quiet outing in last week's goalless stalemate with Liverpool in the league, O'Hara says the Portuguese has to start doing more than just scoring penalties.

Well, he certainly did that as he came off the bench to lead United to a FA Cup fourth-round victory over Liverpool on Sunday, scoring a fine free-kick to seal a 3-2 win.

And McCoist has praised the United talisman for producing the perfect answer to his critics.

"He's a top player, absolutely," the Rangers legend said on Monday's talkSPORT Breakfast.

"The impact he's made since coming to Manchester United has been fantastic, absolutely fantastic, in terms of his goals, in terms of his assists, everything, the impact he'd made has been wonderful.

"It's our job to look for things and, okay, he has a couple of quiet games against the bigger teams and all of a sudden questions are getting asked - that's what happened.

"Well, he's answered the questions yesterday again!"

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Bruno Fernandes proved he is a big-game player and 'answered questions' from the doubters with his fine winning goal against Liverpool, insists Ally McCoist.