Chelsea fans lay into man utd star bruno fernandes during fa cup clash

Chelsea supporters were raging at Bruno Fernandes during their first half of their FA Cup semi-final clash with Manchester United after the Portugal international found himself on the deck

on several occasions. Interest had peaked on Fernandes' tendency to win fouls in the build-up to the match because Frank Lampard accused the midfielder of being "clever" to

win a penalty against Aston Villa. United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hit back at the Chelsea head coach with a stern defence of his star man. The Norwegian insisted Fernandes does not

"con" the referee and accused his rival of having an agenda to fit a narrative. Fernandes won several free-kicks in the first half of United's clash with Chelsea, which led to

Blues supporters fuming. "Bruno Fernandes is one hell of a diver," one supporter tweeted. Another added: ""Fairly sure a strong enough wind would knock Bruno Fernandes

over." A third user said: "Bruno fernandes is always diving what is this." While a further supporter commented: "This Bruno Fernandes dives more than Jack Grealish."

Referee Mike Dean awarded United a massive 12 fouls during the opening 45 minutes. While a further person wrote: "Chelsea are such dirty cheats, trying to injure Fernandes every time

he touches the ball #MUNCHE." Fernandes joined United for £47million from Sporting Lisbon in January and has helped them to an 18-match unbeaten run across all competitions.