MANCHESTER UNITED stars have risked the wrath of keeper Andre Onana by giving Nemanja Matic a slew of gifts after their Europa League clash with Lyon.
Under-fire stopper Onana was embroiled in a pre-match spat with the Lyon ace ahead of the first leg of their quarter-final tie in France on Thursday, which they drew 2-2.
Manchester United keeper Andre Onana was involved in a pre-match spat with Nemanja Matic[/caption]
United’s staff members could draw the ire of Onana by posing for a post-match snap with Matic[/caption]
Several of Matic’s team-mates gifted Matic their shirts after the final whistle[/caption]
And the 29-year-old could very well be irked by his team-mates gifting the former United midfielder several shirts after the final whistle.
Early this morning, Matic revealed that he’d been gifted shifts from Amad Diallo, Harry Maguire, Tom Heaton and Luke Shaw.
The Serbian, however, didn’t keep them for his personal collection, instead gifting them to his son Filip.
United’s coaching staff also showed their love for Matic as they posed for pictures with the two-time Premier League winner.
They happily posed for a post-match snap with the 36-year-old, who just a few days ago branded Onana “one of the worst goalkeepers in Manchester United’s history.“
Onana hit back at Matic by poking fun at the fact he didn’t win a trophy during his five seasons at Old Trafford.
Matic, however, ended up having the last laugh as Onana was at fault for BOTH of Lyon’s goals due to his poor shot stopping.
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MANCHESTER UNITED were left ruing calamity goalkeeper Andre Onana as two massive blunders saw them leave their Europa League quarter-final first leg with a 2-2 draw against Lyon.
The season-defining clash for both clubs became even spicier ahead of the game following a war words between Onana and ex-Red Devils star Nemanja Matic, with the Serbian dubbing the goalkeeper “one of the worst in United history”.
It certainly riled up the home side’s crowd, who made their voices known as Ruben Amorim named an unchanged team – for the first time since his arrival – from the Manchester derby.
But Onana was found wanting when he failed to save Thiago Almada’s inswinging free-kick to give the hosts the lead.
Leny Yoro nodded in an equaliser just before the interval after Manuel Ugarte‘s volley.
And Joshua Zirkzee looked to have won the game for the visitors with his late header converting a Fernandes cross.
But United’s joy was short-lived as Onana parried a shot straight to Rayan Cherki in added time, and the midfielder tapped in to leave the tie on a knife-edge.
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His first mistake came when he failed to deal with a cross that dropped into the far corner of the net.
His second clanger, which came in second-half stoppage time, denied United a 2-1 victory and resulted in the tie being level going into next week’s return leg at the Theatre of Dreams.
United boss Ruben Amorim came out and defended the calamitous Cameroonian, saying: “If you look at the season, I’ve made more mistakes than them during these last games and during these last months.
“There’s nothing I can say to Andre in this moment that will help him.
“So the most important thing is to be natural and then when the time comes I will choose the best XI to play.
“But I’m really confident in Andre.”
Andre Onana’s stoppage-time clanger denied United victory in Lyon[/caption]