Manchester United's captain, Bruno Fernandes, emphasized that the club's supporters should maintain their expectations despite the team's challenges this season, especially at Old Trafford.

Fernandes secured a dramatic stoppage-time goal to lead his team to a 2-1 victory over a weakened Rangers on Thursday, bringing them closer to direct qualification for the Europa League's last 16.

The team had suffered four defeats in their last five home matches, leading manager Ruben Amorim to label them as “the worst” in the club's illustrious history.

“At this club, you need to win every game, you know that if you don’t win games here it is going to be difficult, there are going to be tough moments,” Fernandes told TNT Sports.

“This is a massive club that is used to winning games. I hope that our fans never get used to losing games, even in this tough experience. I want them to feel like this team has to win every game.”

A draw against Romanian team FCSB next week would likely secure a top-eight position in the Europa League standings for United, allowing them to bypass the playoff round.

Amorim is eager to progress directly to the last 16 to gain valuable time on the training pitch to implement his strategies.

Fernandes, however, has greater aspirations, aiming to clinch the competition title in Bilbao this coming May.

“Today was important to get the win because we want to get through in the Europa League, we want to go to the final,” he added.

“We want to be in the first eight so we avoid playing two more games.”

Last week, United made a comeback from a 1-0 deficit to secure a 3-1 victory over bottom-placed Southampton, with Amad Diallo scoring a hat-trick. Fernandes emphasized the need for his team to demonstrate greater consistency instead of relying on late-game heroics to resolve challenging situations.

“It is not about proving the character, we have to prove that in the 90 minutes, we can’t only bring that out when we concede a goal or something goes against us,” he said.

“We need to be consistent through the 90 minutes, it does not matter about the result, we always have to be trying to find a way to win the game.

“Unfortunately for us we conceded a late goal and had to score a late winner.”