Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag is deflecting blame from goalkeeper Andre Onana after the crew’s 3-3 draw at Galatasaray in Champions League play on Wednesday.
The English facet took a 2-0 lead within the first 20 minutes after which prolonged it to 3-1 early within the second half earlier than finally ending the match degree with their Turkish counterparts. Onana was notably at fault for Galatasaray’s first two objectives — on each events, the goalkeeper misjudged Hakim Ziyech’s strike from a free kick and allowed the ball to fall into the again of the online.
“He’s OK,” ten Hag mentioned after the match, per ESPN. “It isn’t about people. After all, particular person errors in soccer could make a distinction and you’re taking accountability for it, however it’s at all times concerning the crew. This crew is nice, all of the gamers within the squad are good and deserve the perfect, to play for Manchester United, as a result of they’re good gamers. And that counts for the entire squad.”
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Onana joined United over the summer time after a year-long stint with Inter, and succeeded David de Gea because the crew’s first-choice goalkeeper. The Cameroon worldwide was a part of the Inter crew that made a run to the Champions League last final season and boasted eight clear sheets throughout that 13 sport stretch and an 80.7% save share.
In some methods, Onana has improved upon his time in Italy within the early days of his United keep. His save share in Premier League play is 75.8%, up from final season’s Serie A determine of 70.9%, and is averaging 3.92 photographs a sport in England, a major soar from 2.58 in Italy. The goalkeeper’s Champions League play this season has been a wholly totally different story, although — he’s averaging 3.6 saves a sport and his save share sits at an unimpressive 56.3%.
Ten Hag’s backing implies that Onana can be his selection in objective for the foreseeable future. The supervisor does have Tom Heaton and Altay Bayındır, who joined the membership in September from Fenerbahce, to select from however each of them are nonetheless awaiting their first minutes of the season.
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Regardless of the goalkeeping troubles that proceed to plague United, ten Hag mentioned he was “very pleased” along with his shot stoppers, per Sky Sports.
The defensive errors all through their Champions League marketing campaign imply United sit backside of Group A with one match left on the schedule, and must beat Bayern Munich and root for a draw between Copenhagen and Galatasaray to advance to the spherical of 16.
