The wasted penalty kick in the 92nd minute - from facing Manchester United and Aston Villa - pulled the rug from all Premier League matches up to the Manchester City and Chelsea summit.
After the referee awarded the penalty kick at this deadly time, Argentine Emiliano Martinez, the "Villa" goalkeeper, confidently advanced from the point of the kick and shouted at Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, the striker of "Germany", in a provocative manner, and told him, "You did it."
Although the "Don" has a proven and successful record in executing the kick, the task was entrusted to the Portuguese midfielder, Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United midfielder, who wasted it and shot "in the sky".
Emiliano Martinez to the Man Utd fans after Bruno Fernandes missed the penalty.
This man is a living legend.
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â Football Shithousery (@FootyRustling) September 25, 2021
After Fernandes missed the ball, Martinez stood up and went to the United fans and provoked them in an inappropriate way.
Emi Martinez asking Cristiano Ronaldo to take the penalty.
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â hmmad (@iamhmmad1) September 25, 2021
Fernandes was frustrated after missing a penalty kick for his team in stoppage time in the match that ended in a 1-0 defeat in the Premier League, but the Portugal international vowed to overcome that and return with a better performance.
United V villa had such an eventful ending..
Just realising Aston Villa goalkeeper Martinez asked Ronaldo to stop Bruno and take the penalty kick..
And there was a victory dance after the miss too..đ€Łđ€Ł
Woow!#MNUAVL
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â George Addo Jnr (@addojunr) September 25, 2021
Courtney House gave Aston Villa the goal, but a handball from the same player in the penalty area gave the hosts one last chance to get a point, but Fernandes, United's top scorer last season, missed this opportunity when he sent the ball high over the goal frame.
This is Fernandes' second penalty miss with United, whose defeat halted his unbeaten run in the league this season.
Fernandez wrote - via "Instagram" - "I feel frustrated and disappointed more than anyone else because of the missed penalty kick and the defeat that came accordingly."
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"Criticism and conflicting opinions are part of football and I have learned to live with it and even use it to motivate myself," Fernandez added.
"I will come back stronger than I was for myself because this is the level I set for myself and also the most important for most of my teammates and our fans who have always stood by us."
And after the unexpected defeat against Villa yesterday, Saturday;
United fell to fourth place among the Premier League teams on goal difference after all four top clubs were tied in the balance (13 points).
United will meet at Old Trafford next Wednesday with its Spanish guest Villarreal in the group stage of the Champions League.