Onana: This is part of football

Amad’s second-half strike cancelled out Danny Welbeck’s first-half opener, and the Reds saw the fine margins of how the pendulum can swing one way or the other thereafter.

Alejandro Garnacho looked to have overturned the deficit by finishing off a fine counter attack shortly after Amad’s effort, but an unfortunate touch on the line by Joshua Zirkzee – with the ball already goalbound – meant the strike was chalked off for offside.

And in the dying moments of stoppage time, Joao Pedro headed home to turn the tide in the home side’s favour and condemn us to a harsh defeat.

“We came here to win, unfortunately we didn’t win,” Onana told club media after full-time at the Amex Stadium.

“We had a great game, I think we were better than them, we had more chances, we had more possession, we had more control of the game.

“Unfortunately, they disallowed us a goal, but that’s part of football, that’s part of life, we have to move on.”

United’s no.24 added that how we respond to this unfortunate loss is now the most important matter at hand – and Onana stressed that there is a strong mentality at our squad’s disposal.

“Of course, we’re going to talk with each other, we’re going to sit and analyse the videos and what went wrong, and from there, we will move,” added the 28-year-old. “Big games are coming, big clubs, so the expectation is here, it will be very high.

“It’s [mentality] the key thing now, especially when you are playing for such a big club, and not only me, we have so many players who have that positive mentality and it is really helpful for the club and for the team.

“We move on, we are used to this, so no problem, we have to get ready again for the games that are coming.”