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Bruno Fernandes has revealed he spent the final few minutes of Manchester United's 4-2 Premier League win over Sheffield United trying to create a goal for debutant Ethan Wheatley.

It was a special night for the club's academy as Wheatley, fresh from scoring for the under-18s as they beat Manchester City to lift the Premier League Cup on Tuesday night, came off the bench late on to become the 250th academy graduate to make his debut for United.

By the time he did so, Erik ten Hag's side had twice come from behind to lead the relegation-battling Blades 4-2, with Fernandes scoring two and laying on another for Rasmus Hojlund.

With the Yorkshire side's resistance finally broken, Fernandes pulled Wheatley aside and said he would do his best to set up a goal-scoring opportunity during the nine minutes of time added on.

'I think at the end of the game I got a little too erratic to give him (Wheatley) a goal because, like I said, he's a young kid coming through the academy and I know the moment is massive for him,' Fernandes told MUTV.