Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes ranted at the referee after Fulham won at Old Trafford.

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes was spotted in a heated exchange with referee Michael Oliver after the Red Devils were defeated 2-1 at home by Fulham on Saturday. Goals from Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi sealed the Whites’ first win at Old Trafford since 2003

Fernandes stormed over to the match official and voiced his complaints to Oliver, visibly upset at the manner of the defeat. He was joined by boss Erik ten Hag as the pair were less than impressed with the refereeing on display.

United went behind after 65 minutes when Bassey gave the visitors the lead in what had been a disjointed display without Rasmus Hojlund spearheading the Red Devils’ attack.

Late in the game, though, Harry Maguire’s close-range tap-in after Bernd Leno had deflected Fernandes’ shot into his path gave the hosts hope that they had salvaged a point.

Having received just a yellow card for a serious foul on Sasa Lukic in the first half, Maguire was probably lucky to still be on the field.

However, the visitors took the lead again in the 97th minute when Adama Traore, a substitute, got past Maguire and set up Iwobi, rendering Andre Onana defenseless and stopping a dramatic late winner.

While Fernandes appeared to believe that the officiating played a role in United’s defeat, his team-mate Maguire blamed their own nativity for allowing Fulham to break forward and score their second in the dying embers of the match.

“To be a goal behind, I thought our reaction was brilliant especially in the last 30 minutes and when we equalised probably only one team going to win it,” he said. “We were probably naive in the end by throwing too many bodies forward and getting done on the counterattack.

“Overall on the balance of play we didn’t do enough in the first 60 minutes or so, we started the game not great.”