The Portugal international kept his nerve to score from the spot to ease any nerves in the second half and it was his through ball that led to Anthony Martial drawing the foul for the spot-kick.
Afterwards, he spoke with us about his eighth league goal since arriving from Sporting Libson in the winter transfer window.
“I'm happy - all goals are important in different ways,” Fernandes told us.
“It was important today for us and for me to score this goal because it gave us a chance to be more calm in the game.
“Of course Leicester tried to attack because they needed to score twice but we defended well and in the last minute we never stopped fighting.