Bruno Fernandes credited the tactical instructions imparted to him by Michael Carrick as a key factor behind his record-setting creative output in the Premier League. Since Carrick’s appointment in the middle of January, Fernandes has rattled off 11 assists in 13 top-flight matches. Not only is this the highest tally of any player across Europe’s top five league during the same period, it is the same haul which Barcelona starlet Lamine Yamal has amassed across the entire La Liga campaign. Many of Fernandes’s most recent assists have come specifically from the right side of the final third, an area of the pitch which was effectively off limits to him while acting as one of two central midfielders in Ruben Amorim’s restrictive system. Carrick promptly restored United’s skipper to the No. 10 position following a change of formation. “I float a lot in that zone there now with Michael,” Fernandes reflected in an interview with Opta .…