Bruno Fernandes turned hero as he rescued a fainting passenger while travelling to Lisbon for national team duties.

Bruno Fernandes has been praised after saving a passenger on an EasyJet flight from a medical emergency. The Manchester United midfielder is on international duty with Portugal to prepare for a Nations League match at home against Poland on Friday and took a flight from Manchester to Lisbon along with teammate Diogo Dalot.

Bruno Fernandes was reportedly at the centre of an unsual incident this week, with the Manchester United captain needing to help a passenger who became unwell on a flight. The Portuguese attacking midfielder played and scored for his team against Leicester on Sunday,

Bruno Fernandes praised for helping unwell plane passenger - Football fan, Susanna Lawson, saw the moment Bruno Fernandes caught a man who collapsed on an easyJet flight to Portugal.

Fernandes who was on an EasyJet flight along with team-mate Diogo Dalot, flying to Lisbon on Monday to join up with the Portugal team for the international break, noticed a man was fainting at the back of the flight.

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes bagged another assist after he came to the rescue of a stricken passenger while on an easyJet flight to Lisbon.