Although the Reds persevered after being reduced to 10 men in the first half, Bruno Fernandes stated that Manchester United’s loss to FC Copenhagen was not due to a lack of effort. Nevertheless, he acknowledged that we need to return to winning ways as soon as feasible.

Rasmus Hojlund’s brace gave United a two-goal lead in the first half of the match, but Marcus Rashford’s contentious red card proved to be the game’s turning point as the home team scored twice to tie the score before halftime.

Bruno gave us the lead again halfway through the second half from the penalty spot, but Lukas Lareger and Roony Bardghji’s late goals for the home team quickly even the score.

Our number eight talked about the difficulty of playing with a numerical disadvantage and the naturally despondent mood that prevailed in the dressing room following the game.

“It’s disappointment, obviously,” the Portugal international told MUTV. “I think for everything we did in the game, we could, and should, have got something from the game.

“It’s difficult at the moment, obviously the mood is not the best because we’ve fought so hard with 10 men that even from then, it was playing against a team that plays really good on the ball and apart from that many decisions was against us.

“Today was a tough day, but I think the team effort was good, we tried. We could have done some things better but it was difficult for us from 30 minutes on, playing with one player less.”

The captain clarified that although United worked hard to attempt to make up for the difference between the two teams, Rashford’s departure eventually caused gaps to open up for the Danish team.

Bruno went on: “We understood that we could get something from the game, we could win the game there, but it’s difficult to play, it’s so long playing with 10 men.

And in some moments, they will get spaces because you’re running behind the ball because you’re trying to get in to everywhere, with every player, and it’s difficult to cover so much space. They got their two goals to win the game.”

Our midfield virtuoso, though, feels there’s still hope in the camp for our next two Champions League group-stage matches against Bayern Munich at home and Galatasary away.

The Premier League match against Luton Town this weekend is the first event on the schedule, though.

“Even before this game, that was still the belief; to win the last three games of the group stage. And now we have two, we have to win them if we want to keep in the Champions League and stay in the best competition, we have to win against the best,” he continued.

“We have a very tough game away against Galatasaray, and after, we play against the top of the group. We want to win both, but now we have to focus on Luton because it’s going to be a tough game again, we need three points in the league, we need to get back to the winning track after this defeat and keeping the winning track in the Premier League.”