Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana believes referee Simon Hooper and VAR had been proper to not award Wolves a last-gasp penalty in Monday evening’s Premier League conflict at Outdated Trafford.
United opened their league account for the season in unconvincing trend as Raphael Varane’s header 14 minutes from time was sufficient to earn a 1-0 victory that was barely deserved.
Certainly, it regarded like Wolves may get the possibility to equalise from the penalty spot on the demise when debutant Onana appeared to clatter into Sasa Kalajdzic, however the goalkeeper bought away with it.
Wolves boss Gary O’Neil mentioned Onana tried “to take the centre-forward’s head off” and claimed Premier League referees’ boss Jon Moss apologised to him for the choice after the match.
However requested if it was a penalty, Onana mentioned: “No, goalkeepers make selections, typically you’re proper, typically you aren’t.
“I decided and I’m chargeable for every part. For me it was contact between two huge guys and nothing occurred. However for us, crucial factor was to win and I’m glad for the victory.
“In fact I used to be assured (it might not be given).”
Onana made his Premier League debut following his summer season transfer from Inter Milan.
United debut Man of the Match
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The Cameroon worldwide, who labored with Erik Ten Hag at Ajax, has huge boots to fill following on from David De Gea, and his fashion differs vastly from the Spaniard as he likes the ball at his toes.
However he insists it’s a case of him adapting to his new environment slightly than the United defence altering their sport.
“Hear, I believe I’m taking part in with a few of the greatest defenders on the planet as a result of taking part in for Manchester United just isn’t one thing simple,” he mentioned.
“I believe I’m the one who has to adapt as a result of United is a really huge membership and I’m proud to have the ability to carry out right here and proud to play alongside these defenders and if one thing has to alter, I believe we’ll do it.
“For the time being every part goes proper and we simply should proceed working like this and I believe it will likely be OK by the tip of the season.”
Few may have seen a efficiency like this coming from Wolves, whose plans for the season had been thrown into disarray final week when boss Julen Lopetegui left, simply 5 days earlier than their opener, with O’Neil coming in.
O’Neil, who was sacked at Bournemouth after protecting them within the English high flight final season, may have been thrilled at what he noticed as his new facet put in a slick counter-attacking show that had United on the run for almost all of the sport.
However outdated failings returned as they may not rating with any of the 23 pictures that they had, which may have introduced again recollections from final season, the place they registered simply 31 occasions.
“I believe we hold doing extra like in the present day,” O’Neil mentioned. “My preliminary ideas round them not scoring sufficient targets final yr was, we have to arrive in good areas, with good numbers extra.
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“We have now sufficient expertise within the group so if we arrive in good numbers, the boys will rating targets, little doubt.
“I don’t suppose in the present day was a reoccurrence of the sample you noticed final yr. I believe if the lads play that sport 100 occasions, they rating in 99 of them.
“Preserve arriving in these areas, hold working with the gamers to enhance understanding and what number of occasions we arrive and the lads will rating some targets.”