Ian Wright has blasted the performance of Altay Bayindir in the defeat to Arsenal and Manchester United’s failure to resolve their issues in goal.
The Gunners sealed a 1-0 victory over their old rivals at Old Trafford on Sunday with Riccardo Calafiori scoring the only goal of the game after 13 minutes.
Declan Rice’s excellent corner caused havoc for the United goalkeeper who found himself trapped on his line.
His tame attempt to clear the ball fell straight into the path of Calafiori who headed home from close range.
United perhaps deserved more from the game with Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo both superb on their competitive debuts, both denied goals by David Raya who was in excellent form in the Arsenal goal.
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Ruben Amorim’s side have spent £200million rebuilding their attack this summer with Benjamin Sesko also making his debut off the bench late on.
Despite that considerable outlay, problems in goal remain.
Andre Onana, who was not deemed fit enough by Amorim to make the squad on Sunday, has failed to convince in his two seasons at the club with Wright believing Bayindir is ‘nowhere near’ the level required.
For all the promise United showed in attack, the Arsenal legend insisted that good work will continue to be undermined and undone unless they solve their problem in goal.
‘We have seen what happens with Andre Onana, we see it with Bayindir today and he is nowhere near it,’ Wright told Premier League Productions.
‘Man United with the money they have spent, they need more goals and addressed that and I think Cunha and Mbeumo were very good today but what is the point when your goalkeepers are going to be that bad.
‘I don’t know what is happening with [Gianluigi] Donnarumma, I don’t know if he’s coming here but they [United] really need to sort that goalkeeping situation out because they have lost the game on that.
‘It is a hard one to take. I thought [Matthijs] de Ligt played very well, Cunha played well, Mbeumo played well, they didn’t deserve to lose it like that on a keeper’s poor technique.
‘It’s a terrible way to lose the game.’