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After working with David de Gea for one season, then-Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag determined to usher in a brand new goalkeeper because of the Spaniard’s weak spot with the ball at his ft and his tendency to not depart his line to gather balls.
The Dutch supervisor requested the membership to usher in his former Ajax protege Andre Onana from Inter Milan with the Pink Devils splurging £47.2 million to land him in the summertime of 2023.
And it has been a rollercoaster trip ever since, with present head coach Ruben Amorim seeing the Cameroonian commit two big errors as bogey crew Brighton got here to Previous Trafford to select up three factors courtesy of a 3-1 win.
He might no nothing concerning the opener however for the Seagulls’ second, Onana stayed rooted to his line, opting to not catch Yankuba Minteh’s clipped ball as Kaoru Mitoma ghosted in to plant his header into the objective.
Big error from Onana
And the objective that killed off the tie got here from an enormous error from the 28-year-old with the shot-stopper failing to gather a regulation low cross with Georginio Rutter capitalising.
United’s No 1 was displaying indicators of life, particularly early on on this marketing campaign along with his shot-stopping however Sunday’s error was the most recent in a rising catalogue of errors from Onana in his nonetheless nascent United profession.
He was recognized for his passing capability throughout his time at Inter, however towards Brighton, the goalkeeper managed to finish solely 52 p.c of his passes.
Solely 13 out of 25 discovered its mark whereas Onana additionally fumbled when going lengthy, ending the sport with a 27 p.c lengthy passing accuracy.
Errors creeping in once more
He discovered success with solely 4 lengthy balls out of 15 makes an attempt and managed 0 saves all through the sport as Brighton scored from every of their on course makes an attempt.
Regardless of a number of spectacular shows this season, Amorim should have a severe dialog with the Cameroon worldwide whose kind has dived off a cliff in current weeks.
Reserve keeper Altay Bayindir has proven he’s prepared for the step-up if required and should be favorite to start out the membership’s subsequent recreation, a Europa League house tie towards Rangers.
If Onana’s inconsistent spell in objective continues, it may be time for INEOS so as to add the goalkeeping place within the checklist of areas that want reinforcements.
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