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The worst goalkeeper in the team's history? Manchester United are still unbeaten and Onana is completely lost

The reporter reported coldly At the Arena de Lyon, Zirkze's goal in the 88th minute almost gave the Red Devils a stunner away, but the Red Devils goalkeeper Onana who made another mistake made the Red Devils draw instead, and two mistakes in a single game led to a 2-2 away win, and the Cameroon goalkeeper personally went off the field to prove that Manchester United veteran Nemanja Matic had a "justified assessment" of his "worst goalkeeper in team history".


For Manchester United, who have no desire in the domestic arena, the Europa League is the last "straw" of the season, but before the game with Lyon, the focus is on the war of words between the players of both sides. In response to Onana's statement that "Manchester United are far better than Lyon", Serbian midfielder Nemanja Matic, who now plays for Lyon, mocked before the game: "If De Gea, Schmeichel or Van der Sar said that, I would question myself first. But if you're one of United's worst goalkeepers in history, you'll have to prove that you're better than your opponents. ”




It is not unreasonable for Nemanja Matic to think so much about the younger goalkeeper. Of the nine United goalkeepers who have played more than 900 minutes since the 2003/04 Opta season, Onana ranks eighth with a save rate of just 70.1 per cent (236 of 331 shots on target), just above Lindegaard. Onana has conceded 99 goals in 69 Premier League games and kept just 18 clean sheets, a clean sheet rate of 26.1 per cent. This season's matches against Plzen Victory, Brighton, Ipswich Town, Nottingham Forest and Lyon, Onana has been criticised for obvious mistakes.


However, Onana, who was criticized as the worst in team history, apparently did not put up with it, and chose to ridicule it on social media, emphasizing that Matic did not win a trophy for Manchester United: "At least I have lifted a trophy with the greatest club in the world, some people can't say that. Unfortunately, Onana's on-court performance was not enough to bolster his off-court fights. In the 26th minute of the first half, Almada took a free kick from the left side of the penalty area, and the two Lyon players failed to grab the landing point in front of the goal.



Five minutes of stoppage time in the first half, Yoro, who assisted into the six-yard penalty area, equalised with a header. In the 88th minute, when Zirkze took the lead with a header to get the three points, Onana made another mistake in the five minutes of stoppage time: he cleared Almada's shot head-on, and Cherki completed the equaliser. Since last season, Onana has made 12 mistakes in all competitions that have resulted in the opposition completing shots and nine resulting in goals conceded, the most of any Premier League goalkeeper. Since joining Manchester United, Onana has conceded a whopping 139 goals in all competitions, an average of 1.48 goals per game. De Gea, on the other hand, concedes just 1.08 goals per game, Butters 0.98, Schmeichel 0.82 and Van der Sar 0.76.


After the game, Manchester United legend Paul Scholes also harshly criticised Onana's mistakes, especially the first goal conceded was clearly the result of a mistake in judgment and a slow reaction afterwards. In March, Manchester United's major shareholder Avram Glazer said that Onana is one of the players in the team who is not good enough or overpaid, and the Cameroon goalkeeper's weekly salary of 120,000 pounds is only 1/3 of De Gea (370,000 pounds), which is still considered to be too high, but in fact, his strength is not enough to match the euphemism of Manchester United's main goalkeeper.



After the game, the Daily Mail players scored, Onana only scored 2 points. In addition to the two major mistakes that led to the goal conceded, the pre-match war of words with Nemanja Matic was also considered untimely and ultimately self-inflicted. Danish centre-forward Hojlen, who has four points, was second-to-last, having only touched the ball 11 times in 63 minutes, with two shots on goal and one on target, missing one great chance to score in the first half. The sluggish performance, one after the other with Onana, can be called the worst "Sleeping Dragon and Phoenix Chick" of the Red Devils.


After the game, Manchester United manager Amorim tried his best to excuse Onana, and even took the initiative to take responsibility, saying that "he made more mistakes than Onana", but the media was unceremonious, comparing Manchester United's previous poor goalkeepers Taibi, Bosnich, Carroll, Howard, Ben Foster, Lindegaard and Onana. Of the seven 'worst goalkeepers in Manchester United's Premier League history', Onana has the second-lowest clean sheet rate (26 per cent), just above Taibi – who has only made four appearances and conceded 13 goals.


After a draw away to Lyon, Manchester United are still the only unbeaten team in Europe this season (6 wins, 5 draws in 11 games), second in the Europa League odds (3.5), behind Athletic Bilbao (2.75) at home in the final, and not much ahead of Tottenham Hotspur and Eintracht Frankfurt (5.00). As for Onana, if United fail to win the title, it will be a priority target for a summer purge. British media revealed that Manchester United has been examining a number of goalkeepers at Trafford (Burnley), Diogo Costa (Porto), Kerber (Borussia Dortmund) and Garcia (Espanyol), intending to strengthen this fatal shortcoming in front of goal.


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