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Manchester United survived a late, late scare to safe a significant win towards FC Copenhagen within the Champions League final night time.
Harry Maguire gave United the lead with slightly below 20 minutes remaining at Outdated Trafford and that ought to have been the headline of the night time.
Nevertheless, a excessive boot from Scott McTominay deep into stoppage time pressured Italian referee Marco Guida at hand Copenhagen the possibility to assert a dramatic late level with a penalty.
After a dramatic VAR verify, Jordan Larsson, son of Henrik, was given the chance to place a dagger within the coronary heart of United’s qualification hopes with the final kick of the sport.
Nevertheless, Andre Onana lunged to his left-hand facet to maintain out the spot kick and guarantee United claimed the crucial three factors.
TNT Sport captured the response of the house devoted together with that of treble-winning goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, who appeared delighted with the cease.
Man Utd legend @Pschmeichel1 reacts to Andre Onana’s final minute save… 🧤#UCL pic.twitter.com/q7Ng4qesmx
— Soccer on TNT Sports activities (@footballontnt) October 24, 2023
Schmeichel was seen cheering with glee after Onana’s match-winning intervention which can do wonders for the 27-year-old’s confidence.
The Cameroonian has been criticized by Schmeichel in current weeks however the former stopper will little question be delighted Onana got here up trumps final night time.
United can be hoping the save is the turning level within the former Inter Milan man’s profession in Manchester as he adapts to life because the primary at Outdated Trafford.
The save was significantly poignant for Onana after errors in each of United’s earlier Champions League video games have performed an element in leaving Ten Hag’s males with a mountain to climb to get out of Group A.
Had Larsson not been denied by Onana’s magnificent save, United would have been all however completed on this season’s competitors.
Onana will hope to hold the shape and confidence into the crunch conflict with Manchester Metropolis on the weekend during which United will little question want their goalkeeper to have a very good sport if they’re to go away with a optimistic end result.
