Andre Onana remained humble when his mistakes Manchester United costs in an exciting 2-2 draw with Lyon in the first stage of their Europa League quarter final.
Match report
Joshua Zirkzee thought he had led a late winner, but a second mistake by Andre Onana in the dying seconds saw Manchester United on Thursday evening with Lyon in the Europa League in the Europa League.
Onana made herself public enemy number one in Lyon after commenting earlier in the week that United was “much better” than their opponents.
Yet the United goalkeeper was the fault when Lyon took a 25th minute ahead through the free kick of Thiago Almada, who ran over a crowd of players and astonished the unfortunate Onana.
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But Lyon saw great opportunities starting by Alexander Lacazette and Corentin Tolisso, with United mainly limited to counterattacks in the second half.
Not that the visitors were a bit arranged when one of those pauses saw Zirkzee go home from the Pinpoint Cross of Bruno Fernandes.
However, there would be a final turn for the fateful Onana, because he could only parry Mikautadze's close-range attempt at Cherki, which was properly made in an agile finish to ensure the tie to Old Trafford at the top level.
Data debrief: Onana's miserable day out
Onana may want him to keep his mouth shut in the construction of this competition, with his comments that led Nemanja Matic de Cameroonian to labeled United ever.
And although that can be hard, Onana certainly did not affect any favors. His first mistake meant that he has now made eight mistakes that have led to goals since the beginning of last season, which is more than any other Premier League goalkeeper in all competitions.
It would have been difficult to label the performance of United as “Smash and Grab” if they won it – they only had three shots than Lyon and registered 1.22 expected goals at the 1.52 of their hosts – but the French team will believe they were worth a draw at least.
The fact that Onana then donated it to Cherki on a plate in the dying sintels only makes it sweeter.
That said, Lyon is now in five attempts without a competitive victory against United. They have only confronted with Barcelona without tasting the victory (P8 D3 L5).
Match -Events
0 'The game is about to start!
1 'Akouokou error while he tackles Garnacho from behind
7 'Bruno puts a dangerous cross in, Tolisso can crochet it behind a corner
13 'Mikautadze delivers a cross but it is saved by Onana
18 'A first sight of the goal for Hojlund, but his attempt rolls wide
20 'Almada takes targeted from the edge of the box and blows his shot high over crossbar
23 'Garnacho pulls the ball back to Bruno, but his shot gets a deflection and goes high
24 'Casemiro tries a spectacular overhead effort, but cannot beat Lucas Perri
25 'Almada curls into a dangerous cross and it goes further than Onana! Lyon 1-0 Man Utd
31 'Dalot catches Tagliafico late and the yellow card is shown
44 'Almada's free kick shot is high
50 'Leny Yoro equalizes for the rest for Devils! Lyon 1-1 Man Utd
51 'Akouokou Off, Lacazette On
52 'Ugarte gets a yellow card for a cynical challenge on Mikautadze
53 'Mikautadze cuts the ball in the area, but Lacazette cuts the ball wide
61 'Yoro drives to the edge of the box and fires narrow wide
63 'Hojlund is being replaced by Zirkzee
64 'Tolisso left-footed shot is trapped and held by Onana
68 'Garnachos Pas is just before Bruno and the chance will beg
72 'Mason Mount is on and Manuel Ugarte is immersed
79 'Dorgu delivers a ball to Garnacho, but his volley is rejected by Perri
80 'Casemiro heads scary from the corner
82 'Mainoo makes his return, replacing Garnacho, and Maguire comes out for Lindelof
85 'Cherki works a chance for Lacazette, but the striker can't get it on goal
88 'Zirkzee goes to the rear pole to lead Devils! Lyon 1-2 Man Utd
90 '+5' goal! Lyon 2-2 Man Utd (Rayan Cherki)
Line-ups
Lyon XI: Tagliafico, Vetout, Mata, Tolisso, Maitland-Niles, Niakhate, Lucas Perri, Paul Akouokou, Thiago Almada, Cherki, Georges Mikautadze
Subs: Matic, Lacazette, Caleta-Car, Rémy Descamps, Warmed Omari, Saël Kumbedi, Abner, Lassine Diarra, Enzo Molebe, Téo Barisic, M. de Carvalho, Alejandro Gomes RodrÃguez
Man Utd XI: Casemiro, Maguire, Bruno Fernandes, Onana, Mazraoui, Dalot, Ugarte, Garnacho, Højlund, Yoro, Patrick Dorgu
Subs: Heaton, Eriksen, Lindelof, Luke Shaw, Mount, Altay Bayındır, Zirkzee, Mainoo, Jack Moorhouse, Harry Amass, Jaydan Kamason, Godwill Kukonki