{"id":290979,"date":"2023-09-23T09:35:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T09:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=290979"},"modified":"2023-09-23T09:35:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T09:35:49","slug":"jonny-evans-backs-andre-onana-to-succeed-at-man-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/jonny-evans-backs-andre-onana-to-succeed-at-man-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonny Evans backs Andre Onana to succeed at Man United"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Jonny Evans backs Andre Onana to succeed at Man United after the \u00a347m goalkeeper&#8217;s difficult start at Old Trafford<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The veteran United defender has rallied around the under-fire goalkeeper<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jonny Evans believes Andre Onana will become a success at Old Trafford<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jonny Evans has got behind under-pressure Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana following his difficult start to life as the club&#8217;s new number one.<\/p>\n<p>The shot-stopper took the blame for United&#8217;s lacklustre 4-3 Champions League group stage defeat against Bayern Munich\u00a0in midweek after producing another struggling performance.<\/p>\n<p>The German side opened the scoring after Leroy Sane&#8217;s tame effort somehow broke through Onana&#8217;s hands and into the back of the net with the \u00a347m summer arrival admitting afterwards he had &#8216;let the team down&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>However, Evans has joined other United team-mates in supporting the Cameroonian with captain Bruno Fernandes similarly stating &#8216;he hasn&#8217;t got to take any blame&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Evans rejoined United on a one-year deal after spending eight-years away from the club and has backed Onana to follow the same path as previous goalkeeper David de Gea who endured a similar tricky start at the 13-time Premier League winners.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/09\/75754809-12552075-image-m-2_1695458734072.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Anre Onana (yellow top) has endured a difficult start to his Manchester United career<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/09\/75754979-12552075-image-a-3_1695458768647.jpg\" height=\"428\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The United shot-stopper made a huge error for Bayern Munich&#8217;s opening goal in the midweek Champions League clash<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a big thing for him to do that [take the blame after the match],&#8217; Evans told TNT Sports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He didn&#8217;t have to do that. But I think it&#8217;s very difficult for any player coming to a new club to hit the ground running and maybe he&#8217;s been a bit harsh on himself.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve seen that quite a lot. And I&#8217;ve experienced that myself. He&#8217;s replacing David de Gea, who was here for a long time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Again, remember, David at the start of his career at Manchester United, maybe went through a bit of a tough time to settle in and we saw what sort of career he would go on to have for this club.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/09\/75754973-12552075-image-m-8_1695458951894.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Man United defender Jonny Evans (pictured) has backed Onana to recover from past mistakes<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/09\/75754991-12552075-image-m-13_1695459020243.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/09\/75754975-12552075-image-a-14_1695459026238.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Evans compared Onana&#8217;s (left) troubled start at United to former goalkeeper David de Gea (right)<\/p>\n<p>United manager Erik ten Hag made the decision to end De Gea&#8217;s 12-year tenure at the club in favour of making Onana his new trusted goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old arrived in Manchester off the back of an impressive campaign with Inter Milan that saw the club make it to the Champions League final, however, things haven&#8217;t got off to a smooth start.<\/p>\n<p>De Gea similarly struggled at the start of his career in England when Sir Alex Ferguson recruited him to be Edwin van der Sar&#8217;s replacement and eventually navigated his way through a tricky start to become a Premier League great.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>United have lost three of their opening five Premier League matches and are facing a crisis situation that will be made a whole lot worse if they fail to take three convincing points against Burnley on Saturday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12552075\/Jonny-Evans-andre-onana-manchester-united.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonny Evans backs Andre Onana to succeed at Man United after the \u00a347m goalkeeper&#8217;s difficult start at Old Trafford The veteran United defender has rallied around the under-fire goalkeeper Jonny Evans believes Andre Onana will become a success at Old Trafford Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0 Jonny Evans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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