One of Manchester United’s greatest ever goalkeepers has given their current no.1 a clinic in what’s gone wrong so far.
Andre Onana, the £47.2million summer signing from Inter Milan has had a terrible start to life at Old Trafford, conceding 19 goals in 11 games.
A number of high-profile errors have shone a spotlight on the Cameroon international, whose blushes were saved last time out with a late Scott McTominay double.
However, Onana still made an error in that 2-1 win over Brentford, failing to stop Mathias Jensen’s opener.
Peter Schmeichel, who won it all with the Red Devils, explained exactly where Onana went wrong, and why it’s nothing new.
“The goalkeeper is not covering himself in glory in that one,” he said. “My theory here is he’s just lifting up, he’s not setting off.
“His arm is coming up to go down, whereas, as a goalkeeper you learn to dive along the ground for the ball, you don’t go up to come down.
“We saw the same mistake against Bayern Munich and I notice the same thing, he just kind of lifts himself instead of actually diving and moving towards the ball.
“Don’t ask me [why he’s doing it] because I’m not Onana, I don’t know. It’s a technical [issue].”
Schmeichel went on to reveal that he’s tried to offer his support and advice to Onana, but is worried it may be too little too late.
“I think a lot of that is pressure,” the Dane added. “I spoke to him after Bayern, I spoke to him after the other Champions League match against Galatasaray as well, he’s very down on the mistakes he’s made.
“I’m trying to speak to him about what it’s like to be at Manchester United, what you have to take.
“Whatever you’ve made, you have to put it in a box straight away and put it to the side. So you make a mistake in a game, it might
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