Luke Littler has called for a former Manchester United star to return to the club following one man's mistake against Viktoria Plzen in a now-deleted Instagram post.
United bowed out late in Thursday night's Europa League match but a Rasmus Hojlund double secured a point for Ruben Amorim's side as they recorded their first European away win since March last year.
It was tough in the first half of what was a dull game, and they fell behind to a goal from former Burnley and Derby man Matej Vydra.
But Hojlund scored after good work from Amad Diallo to put things right and then poked home Bruno Fernandes' pass to leave United well set up to reach the next round.
However, it didn't come easy and questions were raised again around goalkeeper Andre Onana when his pass was intercepted for the opener, just days after he was at fault for Morgan Gibbs-White's try against Nottingham Forest.
And Littler, who is preparing to play in the World Darts Championship, had seen enough when he took to social media to call for David De Gea to return to the club.
“Bring back Dave,” Littler, an avid United fan, posted as he sat in front of his TV to watch the match, accompanied by a glove emoji.
However, he quickly deleted the post and replaced it with a video of Hojlund scoring the winner and the caption: “Wohoooooo.”
De Gea left United last year after spending 12 seasons at Manchester before leaving at the end of his contract.
He was frozen out by former manager Erik ten Hag despite winning the Golden Glove in his final season.
The Spaniard was replaced by Onana and spent a year out as a free agent before joining Fiorentina in the summer.
Although he is enjoying life in Italy, questions remain about his replacement, who gifted the ball to Pavel Sulc to feed Vydra for the opener on Thursday.
He tried to pass to Matthijs De Ligt, who was on his heels and the striker got there first.
Owen Hargreaves told TNT Sports after the match of the goal: 'It's both their fault. He (De Ligt) doesn't want it, he goes back, Onana gives the ball away and is not in his goal. But Amorim wants De Ligt there, that is difficult for the CB.'
United captain Bruno Fernandes, meanwhile, said of his goalkeeper: 'We want to play from the back and everyone knows we have to make the right decisions.
'It's not about Andre making the mistake, we don't look at individuals. It's for all players involved. We have complete confidence in Andre – he is a smart guy, so we don't have to tell him and he will help us from behind.
'It's something we've been doing for a long time. The goalkeepers are good on the ball and can execute the triangle, which often worked, but not today.
“We trust that he will continue to do the things he thinks are best.”
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