Goalkeeper Andre Onana was embarrassed and admitted a personal mistake in Man Utd’s goal against Lens in a friendly match at Old Trafford.
“We can always be better. Some things I have to try and fix,” said the goalkeeper, who was signed by Man Utd from Inter Milan for £ 47 million.
“I’m responsible for everything, especially the goals we conceded. I’m proud of what my defenders have done. I’m the last stop in defense so I accept it. any criticism,” Andre Onana said of the goal that helped Lens open the scoring in the 22nd minute of the match.
It was a situation where Onana ham was high, Florian Sotoca shot from the middle of the field and sent the ball straight into the net despite the Cameroon goalkeeper trying to save but the ball still went out of reach.
Many Man Utd fans have criticized Onana’s mistake and compared him to goalkeeper David De Gea.
One said: “Onana likes to go forward, and De Gea will stay in the box and save. Onana will be in trouble for a long season if he thinks too much about himself.”
The second commented: “Diogo Dalot made a bad pass but Onana was more to blame. Onana was too far from goal. If it was De Gea, he would save.”
Another commented: “Every goal I’ve seen Onana concede, De Gea will save.”
In this match, despite being 1-0 down in the first half, Man Utd played explosively in the second half when scoring 3 goals in a row to win 3-1 against Lens. The scorers for Man Utd in this match are Marcus Rashford, Antony and Casemiro.
Notably, just before the match, Man Utd announced their latest signing, Rasmus Hojlund – who signed for the Old Trafford team for a fee of £ 72 million from Serie A side Atalanta .
Hojlund, who rose to prominence for Denmark and scored nine Serie A goals last season for Atalanta following a £15m transfer, is the striker Ten Hag desperately needs to replace Cristiano Ronaldo who has left the club . in the previous season.
After the friendly match with Lens, the “Red Devils” will fly to Ireland to prepare for another friendly match against Bilbao
