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Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana continued to make the identical alarming error that he has struggled with in current instances when his staff fell to a 2-0 loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers final night time.
This problem was his capability to take care of management in his field throughout a nook kick as opposing gamers regarded to limit his motion.
Within the 58th minute, Matheus Cunha stepped up to take a nook, curling his ball into the again of the online instantly from the nook flag.
Whereas a powerful feat, Onana remained sandwiched between two Wolves attackers, limiting his motion and stopping him from reaching the ball when he rose to cease it.
“Onana, like all goalkeepers, are coming below strain at nook kicks. Rigorously orchestrated blocking utilizing a participant in entrance of and behind the goalkeeper is now commonplace apply,” former PGMOL chief and FIFA official Keith Hackett defined.
“Wolves opened the scoring with the goalkeeper protesting. Goalkeepers want to noticeably suppose how they’ll overcome this what has now turn into commonplace apply.”
Having conceded instantly from a nook final night time, United have now conceded a club-record 18 objectives from free-kicks and corners for the 12 months.
However whereas Onana will be the keeper between the sticks, there are extra figures on the membership who’re at fault for this disastrous state of affairs than the Cameroonian alone.
Why have his defenders by no means piped up and identified the error of his methods? Why is it that they preserve making the identical defensive errors from corners, as was seen from objectives within the Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur defeats?
What’s extra, Ruben Amorim’s teaching workers ought to be those pointing this out. Jelle ten Rouwelaar, who was appointed goalkeeping coach in July, has did not rectify Onana’s points since his arrival.
However apart from Onana’s efficiency points and the shortfalls of his defence, there are easy fixes that may be carried out as a way to patch up United’s defence in set items. Why not place a participant on the close to and much posts for additional protection? That looks like a primary tactic that makes logical sense given the ample house the defenders have a tendency to provide the opposition.
Regardless of what number of goalkeeping errors Onana makes in any given match, United’s defensive woes prolong far past his capabilities. In spite of everything, even in matches when the Cameroonian is at his spectacular finest, glitches from the remainder of the defence at all times pose the chance of simple objectives for United’s opponents.
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