ANDRE ONANA’s debut season for Manchester United continues to go from bad to worse.
The Cameroon international was brought in by Erik ten Hag to replace long-time stopper David de Gea, who left Old Trafford in the summer.
Andre Onana has endured a difficult start to life at Manchester United
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Onana’s debut season went from bad to worse as he allowed a shot to squeeze under him in United’s clash with Brentford
Onana cut a dejected figure after his failed attempt to save Jensen’s shot
But the keeper has endured a nightmare start to life at the Theatre of Dreams, making several gaffes.
His poor form continued in the Red Devils’ Premier League clash with Brentford on Saturday.
The former Ajax stopper allowed a tame shot from Mathias Jensen to squeeze underneath him in the 26th minute to give the Bees a surprised lead.
Sharing with the Premier League Productions program, former goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel commented: “In my opinion, Onana only moved his body, but did not rush to cover. Onana made the same mistake in the match against Bayern Munich, he just moved his body instead of rushing out towards the ball.”
“I don’t know why Onana made mistakes in the technique of catching the ball. I’m not him. The error lies in the technique of catching low shots. I think the big reason comes from pressure. I talked with him after the Bayern Munich match, after the Galatasaray encounter. Onana is concerned about his own mistakes.”
“You have to analyze your mistakes after the match. You have to be ready for the next match otherwise the same scenario will repeat. Onana makes the whole team uncomfortable. They won’t trust him anymore.
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Man Utd legend Peter Schmeichel said that Onana made a technical error when blocking
And scores of United fans took to X (formerly Twitter) to voice their frustrations with the 27-year-old’s latest error.
One wrote: “Remember when they said Onana was De Gea’s upgrade.”
Another said: “Onana is terrible.”
And another said: “I used to think United’s defence was exposing Onana – but it seems he’s just bad.”
One remarked: “Watching Onana play is gonna give me a heart attack.”
Andre Onana was brought in to replace former Red Devil David de Gea
Another chimed in: “Another Onana apology incoming.”
One of frustrated member of the Old Trafford faithful said: “Onana should save that.”
Another said: “Manchester United bought a basket for a keeper.”
Several even claimed that former beloved stopper De Gea – who left the club in June after the expiration of his contract – would be “laughing” at his old side’s current goalkeeping woes.
One said: “De Gea must be laughing his head off.”
And another said: “De Gea must be laughing his head off”
One remarked: “De Gea must be laughing his head off at us, what a mess.”
Onana’s blushes were spared when Scott McTominay came off the bench to score twice as Man Utd came from 1-0 down to win 2-1.
Onana committed his second error in as many games, the first occurring in Tuesday’s 3-2 loss to Galatasaray for United.
In the 77th minute, he foolishly passed the ball to Dries Mertens, forcing Casemiro to bring the Belgian international out in the penalty area and get a straight red.
However, Mauro Icardi’s drag of the ensuing penalty wide of his right-hand post saved him from the embarrassment.