Onana's previously unwavering confidence has needed rebuilding

Andre Onana stood on his goal line and stared down Jordan Larsson as the FC Copenhagen substitute waited behind the penalty spot.

No cribsheets on water bottles. Onana is a goalkeeper who has always preferred to read his opponent until the very last second.

In Italy, with Inter Milan, they likened his approach to animal instinct.

Il gatto che vola. The cat that flies.

Manchester United's coaching staff discussed penalties with Onana in training on Sunday after he came close to keeping out Oli McBurnie's equalising effort for Sheffield United the night before.

There was still plenty of time to score a winner at Bramall Lane, but on Tuesday night it had run out. We were in the 97th minute when Larsson stepped up for the last kick of the game. A 1-1 draw would have almost certainly ended United's hopes of Champions League progression. Onana, criticised for his performances against Bayern Munich and Galatasaray, knew that.

The young Swede aimed to the keeper's left but Onana's instinct was spot on again. He lunged across the goal and beat the ball away with his right hand.

Old Trafford erupted. Onana's wife Melanie and their four children - watching from the stands for only the second time since he joined United - were caught up in the scenes of delirium, and he was almost buried in the back of his own net by ecstatic team-mates as the final whistle blew.

'We had to win this game,' he said afterwards. 'We are Manchester United and it's unacceptable to go out after the first three games. We're too big to go out so soon.'

The celebrations were reminiscent of United's last home game when Scott McTominay scored deep into injury-time against Brentford and Onana raced half the length of the pitch to jump on his team-mate.

That day,