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Manchester United are preparing themselves for their next Europa League clash as they travel to Lyon on Thursday night.
However, they may have just roused the Lyon troops with comment’s from United goalkeeper Andre Onana getting significant consistent feedback across the channel.
With some of his questionable on field decisions leading directly to conceding goals, the United staff have grown concerned with how problematic he is.
One perfect example of this was against Ipswich where significantly poor positioning and no communication with Patrick Dorgu led to an easy tap-in for Jaden Philogene.
Now, following United’s goalless draw with Manchester City, keeping them in 13th place in the Premier League, Onana commented about his belief that United are better than Lyon.
The Cameroon international commented: “I think we’re better than them, we just have to go there and show who we are.
“If we go there with a winning mentality, if we’re focused, if we stay compact and united and if we follow the game plan, we’ll win the match.”
However, this appears to have only united the French press, with Olympique-et-Lyonnnais.com writing: “If Paulo Fonseca’s men still lacked a little motivation, Andre Onana served them on a plate.”
This was backed up by Made In Foot commenting: “Statements that could well become a motivational force for Fonseca’s men, determined to prove the Manchester goalkeeper wrong.”
However the strongest reaction came from SoFoot, who went a little harder at The Red Devils, commenting: “Stuck in a dismal thirteenth place in the Premier League, Manchester United would do well to turn their goalkeeper’s words into action”
When comparing the clubs in their respective leagues, there really is no comparison with Lyon sitting in fifth place, eight slots higher than when United sit in the Premier League.
That said, this could give Ruben Amorim’s men an advantage, with Lyon potentially underestimating United’s potential given their recent form.
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