Andre Onana gifts goal to Nottingham Forest as Man Utd keeper makes puzzling error

Erik ten Hag paid £47million to Inter Milan for Onana as his David De Gea replacement to signal a new way of playing out from the back, but the Dutch boss will not have been impressed with the goal – having already told the stopper that his number one priority should be keeping the ball out of his net.

“Most important, always for a keeper, is clean sheets and he’s not doing that on his own,” Ten Hag said upon Onana’s arrival. “Therefore, you need a very good defensive organisation, [it’s] quite clear. But also the capabilities of a keeper is [about] keeping the goal clean. So this is the first criterion of a good goalkeeper.

“But, nowadays, football also demands good playing from the back, out-playing qualities, and that is a quality Andre has. You need both and you need to cover both areas. So yeah, we’re happy, of course.

“I think with his physical presence and also with his personality, he is so keen on winning. He’s so, so eager to win trophies and he will help the team and he will help the squad to get to higher levels.”