The tone in Manchester United’s locker room is “not the best,” according to Bruno Fernandes, after their “disappointing” loss to Copenhagen on Wednesday night. United dropped to last place in Group A with just three points after letting a 4-3 lead slip in Denmark twice.

Despite a strong start, Erik ten Hag’s team lost after Marcus Rashford was controversially awarded a red card after a VAR check. Rasmus Hojlund scored two goals for his former club in the first half.

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Speaking after the match, club captain Fernandes was asked to give an insight into how the players had reacted to such a gut-wrenching defeat.

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“Today was a challenging day, but I believe we put out a strong team effort. Believe us, we attempted. We could have done some things better, but it was difficult for us from thirty minutes on, playing with one man fewer.”

United may have lost, but coach Fernandes says they still haven’t given up on making the Champions League quarterfinals.

To win the next three games in the group stage was still the belief even before this game,” he continued. Yes, that is necessary now. We need to come out on top. We need to keep winning against the greatest teams in the world to keep playing in the Champions League.

The game away at Galatasaray will be very difficult, and then we face the group leaders right after. Both are equally important to us, but right now we need to put all of our energy into beating Luton. After this loss, we need to get back on track by regaining three points in the league.