After Bruno Fernandes put the brightness in another excellent individual exhibition for Manchester United in the 3-0 victory in Leicester, the 3,000 people section gave him a serenade with a passionate interpretation of the song dedicated to his captain.
“He is our magnificent Portuguese,” goes the last line of song.
Magnificent, in fact. Fernandes had just scored his 16th goal of the season, which occurred after having provided his 14 and 15 assists of a campaign that threatens to rival his best united shirt.
The 31 goals of the Portuguese star are behind Mohamed Salah (54), who is almost promoting Liverpool to the Premier League title, and Erling Halaand (33) of Manchester City.
Since Old Trafford moved in an agreement worth up to £ 68 million in January 2020, Fernandes has registered 80 assists in all competitions. Only Kevin de Bruyne, widely considered one of the best of his generation, has more with 90.
Fernandes' second assistance in the victory of Cruise-Control in Leicester on Sunday placed him in the illustrious company of Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Eric Cantona and David Beckham being the only United players who scored 50 goals and making 50 assists in the Premier League.
Bruno Fernandes made another excellent performance in Man United's 3-0 victory
Fernandes swept the third of Home United, who arrived after having established his first two goals
The United captain now has 16 goals and 15 assists on the side of Ruben Amorim
The 30 -year -old now also has 112 goals in the league, the tenth for the club, after having scored 62 goals and made 50 assists. In total, he has scored 95 goals and made 81 assists in 277 appearances for United.
Even the most burning detractors of the Portuguese, perhaps Roy Keane would accept that these are impressive numbers, especially considering that Fernandes is playing in a United team, his own manager Ruben Amorim has described as 'perhaps the worst' in the history of the club.
His statistics are there with the best games creators in the history of the Premier League, even a prime from Bruyne.
The Belgian has 118 assists and 70 goals in the League for Man City, compared to 50 and 62, respectively, for Fernandes.
The attached captain, however, has created the greatest amount of possibilities of any player in the last 10 seasons of the competition with 505, 13 ahead of De Bruyne.
An assistance or objective is more valuable, but it is not its fault that the striker's caliber has not had that Bruyne has to keep those opportunities.
Fernandes also has most of the combined goals and assists: 41, 24 goals and 17 assists) of any player in the history of the Europa League. He deserves more than the second level tournament in Europe.
But the influence of the midfielder on the objectives united beyond the objectives, assists and the possibilities created.
Fernandes' numbers rival the great game creators of the Premier League, including Kevin de Bruyne
But Fernandes has faced fierce criticism of former captain United Roy Keane
The impressive form of the Portuguese star included a hat-trick in the 4-1 victory over the true society
Fernandes is undoubtedly the best United player. He is the heartbeat heart. Everything happens through him, whether he is in the deepest role under Amorim or later like a no 10.
Your commitment can not be questioned either. Afternoon in the recent victory over Ipswich, when United played with 10 men for almost an hour, he was a clearly exhausted Fernandes who had rejected to stop a dangerous movement before trying to launch his own counterattack.
In the second half in Leicester, Fernandes was running to cover his defenders after the goalkeeper of the Foxes, Mads Hermansen, had tried to catch them by throwing a long front ball.
And in the morbundas stages of the 4-1 victory over the true society in the Europa League in Old Trafford on Thursday, it was Fernandes who arrested an intestine to get into the box, complete his hat-trick and seal the progression to the quarterfinals in a seasonal savings victory.
However, there are still those, even in the club's own fans base, which do not have Fernandes in the same esteem and believe that their attitude is not appropriate for the captain's position.
Keane's main complaint in his now infamous and explosive Perorata about Fernandes, to which the Portuguese gave an almost perfect answer after Leicester's game, was his alleged lack of leadership, an opinion shared by a minority of united supporters.
Yes, he can be petulant. Amorim himself has publicly admitted that the player throws his arms too much and there are times when his behavior in the field makes even his greatest mulgue supporters.
But he leads in other ways. He leads guiding the young players of the club and being the bright light during the 20 times the darkest days of the champions.
Fans could only fear thinking about what could have happened if they had completely entertained the advances of other places. A united without its magnificent simply does not have to think.