United’s loss leaves them bottom of the group after four games ahead of fixtures against Galatasaray and Bayern Munich.

A dejected Fernandes was spotted with his head in his hands at the Parken Stadium. He admitted that the mood in the dressing room was ‘not the best’ but defended their effort in defeat.

‘It is difficult at the moment,’ he told TNT Sports. ‘the mood is not the best because I think we fought so hard with ten men that even from then on it was playing against a team that plays really well on the ball, and as a part of that, many decisions went against us.

Fernandes scored United’s third goal to restore their lead but was powerless to stop the Danish side from claiming a famous victory

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‘Today was a tough day but I think the team effort was good. We tried. We could have done some things better, but it was difficult for us from thirty minutes on, playing with one player less.’

Ten Hag’s side next face a trip to Turkey in matchday five knowing another loss will end their knockout round qualification hopes. However, victory in their final two games should be enough to grab a spot in the top two and Fernandes revealed that belief remains within the camp of doing just that.

‘Even before this game, that was still the belief: to win the last three games of the group stage,’ He added. ‘And now we have to.

‘We have to win them. If we want to stay in the Champions League and stay in the best competition, we have to win against the best.’

Fernandes can be seen in dialogue with the  referee after he showed Marcus Rashford (right) a red card

Erik ten Hag’s side fell to the bottom of their Champions League group with only two games left to play