United will look to bounce back after the weekend. Although Porto lost their Europa League opener against Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt last week, their recent results in Liga Portugal have been positive. Sunday’s 4-0 win over Arouca was the third in a row since the loss to Sporting CP at the end of August.
“This is a team that is still doing very well in Europe, we have to be aware of that,” Fernandes told MUTV.
“It’s a team with great spirit, which has improved a lot recently, even if they lost the last match in the Europa League.