'i've Made More Mistakes Than Them' - Amorim Defends Onana After Errors

Ruben Amorim says he has made much mistakes arsenic Manchester United head this play than his under-fire goalkeeper Andre Onana.

Onana was astatine responsibility for some Lyon's goals successful his side's 2-2 draw successful nan Europa League connected Thursday - a time aft he had been called "one of nan worst goalkeepers” successful United's history by erstwhile Red Devils subordinate Nemanja Matic.

Since nan commencement of past season, Onana has made 8 errors starring to goals successful each competitions, nan astir of immoderate keeper playing for a Premier League club.

But Amorim, who was appointed United head successful November, said: "If you look astatine nan play I've made much mistakes than them during these past games and during these past months.

"There's thing I tin opportunity to Andre successful this infinitesimal that will thief him, truthful nan astir important point is to beryllium earthy and past erstwhile nan clip comes I will take nan champion XI to play. But I'm really assured successful Andre."

United big Lyon successful nan 2nd limb astatine Old Trafford adjacent Thursday (20:00 BST).

With nan Red Devils 13th successful nan Premier League their only realistic dream of European shot adjacent play is done nan Champions League spot afforded to nan Europa League winner.

When asked if he still had religion successful his keeper, Amorim told TNT Sports: "We proceed to do nan aforesaid thing. Training, seeing nan games, trying to take nan champion eleven to triumph each match."

United went down aft 25 minutes erstwhile Onana grounded to get a beardown capable manus to Thiago Almada's wide free-kick.

The 29-year-old reacted precocious to Almada's cross, having to hold to spot if a Lyon subordinate would divert nan ball, and was caught retired erstwhile nan free-kick kept its line.

The shot bounced conscionable earlier Onana and past skidded done his gloves earlier hitting nan net.

After turning nan necktie around, United conceded a 2nd pinch virtually nan past footwear earlier nan last whistle erstwhile Onana spilled Georges Mikautadze's changeable and Rayan Cherki tapped successful connected nan rebound.

On BBC Radio 5 Live erstwhile England midfielder Aaron Lennon said Onana's team-mates would beryllium "fuming" pinch nan goalkeeper's performance.

"They're 2 monolithic mistakes," he said. "He has sewage to prevention some of them successful my sentiment and he has costs United today."

Amorim besides said his broadside "should person taken a 1 extremity advantage to nan adjacent game".

But nan Portuguese head stressed "when 1 subordinate has a mistake, each nan squad has a correction truthful we proceed for illustration that".

The unit was connected Onana connected Thursday nighttime aft he and Matic exchanged verbal blows nan time before.

Matic, who played for nan nine betwixt 2017 and 2022, called Onana "statistically 1 of nan worst goalkeepers successful Manchester United history".

The Serb, who was an unused substitute for Lyon, had been responding to comments by Onana who said his broadside are "way better" than their French opponents.

Onana was fixed a rowdy reception erstwhile he came retired to lukewarm up and was booed each clip he touched nan shot wrong Groupama Stadium.

He dropped to his knees and celebrated passionately erstwhile his broadside took nan lead successful nan 88th minute.

Onana has nan worst minutes per extremity conceded ratio of each Manchester United keepers pinch 10 aliases much Premier League appearances.

But, since moving to United, he has besides classed 2nd connected Opta's goals prevented metric down only Jordan Pickford.