The Portugal international stepped up in the 12th minute of the contest after Alejandro Garnacho had been brought to the ground, and he picked out the bottom corner to send the Red Devils into the lead.
Fernandes has now scored more penalties for the club than any other player, moving onto 29, which has seen him pass Ruud van Nistelrooy (28), while Wayne Rooney (27), Cristiano Ronaldo (21) and Eric Cantona (18) complete the top five.
The statistics relate to all competitions, with Fernandes managing 17 successful penalties in the Premier League, but he passed up the chance to move onto 30 spot-kicks for the club in the latter stages of the first period when Garnacho was brought to the ground by Ben Godfrey, instead handing the ball to Rashford.
«Obviously, as I said many times, we have more than one penalty-taker and we have a list in the dressing room,» Fernandes told MUTV after the match.
«Marcus [Rashford] is the second name as a penalty taker and I am more than confident whenever Marcus steps up to take a penalty,
»I am more than confident that he can have the same effect as me. I did score the first one but I felt that with the second one, we should have changed because it then moves the mind a little bit of the goalkeeper.
«He has to move differently, he has to adapt to a different kind of penalty-taker, so I think it was the best decision for the team in order to help us get another goal.
»It was not because I wasn't confident I would score, because I was, but because I spoke to Marcus and asked him if he wanted to take it. He said: 'I would be
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