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6 days before the big duel, André Onana makes a terrible mistake against Liverpool (VIDEO)
Manchester United played their last warm-up match for the new season against Liverpool last night. Before the Community Shield, André Onana and his teammates sank (3-0) with goals that hurt the Mancunian supporters. The last goal caused by the Cameroonian goalkeeper does not reassure at all.
The American tour is over for Manchester United. Having started on July 28 against the Arsenal Gunners (2-1 defeat), Eric Ten Hag's team recovered against Real Betis last Thursday with a 3-2 victory. To close the preparation and sharpen the settings before the Community Shield duel on Saturday, August 10 against Manchester City at Wembley Stadium, the Mancunians faced Mohamed Salah's Liverpool last night. With André Onana in goal once again, Amad Diallo's team got away with three goals conceded without scoring anything.
Onana's New Night to Forget
From the start, waves of Liverpool players will crash down on the Mancunian defense. In the 10th minute, Fabio Carvalho will slip away from the United defense and open the scoring. Twenty-six minutes after this first goal from Arne Slot's team, who replaces the iconic Jurgen Klopp, Curtis Jones will take advantage of an offering from Salah to double the lead. If we can't really blame André Onana for much on the first two goals, the third goal that will arrive in the 61st minute will not be the case.
Probably not on his best day, the goalkeeper of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon (who received the worst score of the match) will push away a ball at the feet of Konstantinos Tsimikas which will increase the score for Liverpool. Quickly, the new blunder of the former Inter Milan goalkeeper will be widely relayed on the Twittersphere, with the concerns of the supporters of the Mancunian club who raise the fragility and the inconsistency of their goalkeeper who has once again conceded a lot of goals during this pre-season.
The monstrous defensive fragility of the Mancunians
Indeed, in five preparation matches, including the first two before the American tour, Manchester United have conceded a total of eight (8) goals for only six (6) scored in play. If we can say that some key players have not played this pre-season, like Alejandro Garnacho, this is a worrying statistic that recalls the struggles of Ten Hag's team last season.
For André Onana in particular, this is another evening that is not reassuring and does not confirm these words before this summer tour. When you move to another country, some people need time. It took me six months to feel good. Not only to play well, but to feel comfortable. Now I think it's better for all of us, because we are Manchester United and we have to fight for everything, ” Onana told Sky Sports News, specifying that the new season will be a revenge to be taken.
City's concern ahead of Community Shield
But after the latest blunder, it seems that the Nkol Ngok native is not really ready to maintain the significant consistency that will allow Manchester United to properly compete with the other teams in England. In any case, given last night's game against the Liverpool Reds, United will have their work cut out for them next Saturday against Pep Guardiola's in-form team in the Community Shield. To kick off the season, the two great Manchester teams will face off for a first title before moving on to the Premier League.
If the Mancunians clearly want to do better than the eighth place occupied last season in the championship and hope to play in a European Cup again, they will have to do better defensively… André Onana will have a large share of responsibility at the risk of living in hell like when he arrived.
