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Andre Onana was one among 4 Manchester United gamers included in WhoScored’s Premier League Staff of the Month for November.
The goalkeeper has endured a tricky few days following his abysmal efficiency towards Galatasaray within the Champions League on Wednesday night.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to conclude Onana single-handedly (albeit, with each fingers every so often) value his aspect all three factors within the essential fixture.
A win would have left United second within the group with a robust likelihood of qualification to the knockout phases.
As a substitute, a draw leaves them backside, needing to beat Bayern Munich of their last sport whereas additionally needing Galatasaray and FC Copenhagen to complete degree.
Some other variation of outcomes and United will likely be eradicated from Europe’s premier event.
These errors weren’t Onana’s first within the competitors, nonetheless.
Within the reverse house match towards Galatasaray, the Cameroonian worldwide made a dreadful go out from the again which the opposition simply intercepted and bore down on purpose.
In response, Casemiro desperately slid in to attempt to rectify his team-mate’s mistake. The outcome was a purple card and a penalty. United had been profitable 2-1 on the time; they completed 3-2 losers.
Equally, within the first match away to Bayern Munich, whereas fielding a severely weakened aspect attributable to damage, United began the sport brightly, matching the German giants for the primary twenty minutes.
This equality ended after a speculative shot by Leroy Sane was calamitously thrown into his personal web by Onana. United would in the end lose the match 4-3.
The criticism and stress on the goalkeeper has been acute this week. Which has clouded what had been a collection of wonderful performances domestically by Onana.
United have received 5 of their final six league video games, profitable all three in November. A mixture of beneficial fixtures and the worldwide break have undoubtedly performed a major position on this statistic, however Onana has constantly performed effectively up to now two months because the Galatasaray howler at Outdated Trafford.
Whereas Erik ten Hag’s aspect have suffered some embarrassing losses – 3-0 to Metropolis, 3-0 to Newcastle and 4-3 to FC Copenhagen – these have all stemmed from errors elsewhere on the pitch.
In November particularly, Onana didn’t concede a purpose within the league. He leads the league in joint-first place for clear sheets whereas his underlying stats have been equally spectacular – first place for save proportion and second for post-shot anticipated targets, targets prevented and total saves.
Andre Onana’s Premier League stats to this point:
🏟️ 13 video games
🔢 78.8% save charge [=🥇]
🧤 51 saves [🥈]
🧼 5 clear sheets [=🥇]
❎ +3.4 post-shot anticipated targets [=🥈]
🥅 2.67 targets prevented [🥈]Underrated. 😤 pic.twitter.com/zM9S0yfUKB
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) November 27, 2023
Actually, these performances had been sufficient to warrant inclusion by WhoScored for his or her Premier League Staff of the Month, alongside Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes.
🏴 Premier League Staff of the Month pic.twitter.com/03ttsfIMae
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) November 30, 2023
Whereas Wednesday’s efficiency towards Galatasaray was undeniably poor and questions can justifiably be raised about Onana, there’s sufficient proof over the previous month to supply glimmers of positivity he’ll capable of flip his Outdated Trafford profession round.
