Arjun Menon
Bruno Fernandes has rewritten Premier League history, registering his 21st assist of the season in Manchester United‘s final game of the campaign away at Brighton to set a new all-time record for assists in a single Premier League season.
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The Portugal international had entered the final round of fixtures level with two of the game’s elite creators. His 20 assists matched the benchmark jointly held by former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry and ex-Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne. That tie lasted until the 32nd minute at Brighton, when Fernandes delivered a corner that Patrick Dorgu headed home to put the visitors 1-0 up. United‘s players sprinted toward their captain to mark the moment.
Fernandes had already been named Premier League Player of the Season on Saturday before the record fell. The assist record caps a dominant individual campaign that places him above every playmaker in the division’s history on that particular metric.