Bruno Fernandes sets record for most assists in a Premier League season

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Manchester United midfielder ⁠Bruno Fernandes broke the Premier League assists ‌record when he made ‌his 21st assist ‌of the season in ‌the final game of the ‌campaign away at Brighton.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandes-bruno/GYvAMDm2/"]Fernandes[/a], who was ⁠named ‌the Premier League player of the season on Saturday, had tied the record of 20 assists jointly held by ⁠former [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] striker Thierry Henry and ex-[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]Manchester City[/a] playmaker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-bruyne-kevin/MsPs6OI5/"]Kevin De Bruyne[/a] ‌before the final round of games.[/p][p]The Portugal international broke the record on a corner in the 32nd minute when his delivery was headed home by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dorgu-patrick/Sf4eaXAH/"]‌Patrick Dorgu[/a] to give the visitors a 1-0 ‌lead, with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]United[/a] players running towards their captain to celebrate his feat.[/p][embed guid="3366b88e-94a2-4d67-b313-0b47b30eeac6" url="https://x.com/Flashscorecom/status/2058572585294508042" social-type="twitter" /]

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