Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana endured a nightmare performance as his side were consigned to a 3-2 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest on Saturday evening.
Forest only needed 91 seconds to shed first blood, as Nikola Milenkovic butted a powerful header beyond the reach of a helpless Onana from a corner kick.
The visitors’ lead didn’t last too long as Rasmus Hojlund restored the lead after Alejandro Garnacho’s shot was parried to his feet by Matz Sels.
Forest came out firing at the start of the second half, with Morgan Gibbs-White lashing a shot at a bamboozled Onana, who bizarrely fluffed his lines and could only watch as the ball trickled past him. Moments later, Chris Wood doubled Forest’s advantage as he sent a looping header over the Cameroonian goalkeeper and a host of United defenders.
Bruno Fernandes halved the defining just after the hour mark, producing a stunning curler into the top corner. Unfortunately for United, Forest managed to hold on for all three points.
After the final whistle, Amorim spoke to BBC Match Sport and gave his verdict on the match, indicating that a lack of quality was the team’s undoing.
“Tough game. We started really bad, the first play we suffered a goal and then it’s hard to try to fight.”
“We then controlled the game and had a lot of situations.”
“We improved the movement in the last third. We managed to draw the game and then at half-time we were ready to go for the win and then started really bad. Two goals. Then we tried a lot of things with not a lot of quality.”
“We didn’t have many situations to score.”
“Tough game in a tough moment but we have to continue the job.”
“This is a long journey. We are improving in some aspects.”
“We have to win games to help us improve the team.”
He added, “We are in the start of something so big that we pay attention to every detail. We already know it’s a big job so we have to continue.”
United return to Europa League action on Thursday when they take on Viktoria Plzen.
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