Ten Hag: Onana can continue progress
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag will be hoping for another match-winning contribution from Andre Onana in Sunday’s Manchester derby against City.
Our goalkeeper was integral to the Reds’ hard-fought FA Cup victory at Forest in midweek and is expected to appear in the second crosstown clash of his debut season at United later today.
His strong shot-stopping display in Wednesday’s win at The City Ground rounded off a commendable February for the Cameroon international, which included being the fan pick for our Man of the Match award after the 2-1 win at Aston Villa.
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Ahead of the derby, Erik ten Hag was asked about Andre in the second part of his pre-match press conference, where he offered his assessment of the goalkeeper’s first term as a Red to date.
“I think he's doing very well,” the boss said to reporters at Carrington. “If I assess his season so far where I think he's adapted to the Premier League, I think he has very good performances in the Premier League.
“What you see is he's progressing and I think he's doing very well lately, very good performances. So, he has to see this as a base and step up from here.”
Ten Hag says his goalkeeper is continuing to show progress, by way of the tough tests that the Reds have had in recent weeks.
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“I think everyone is seeing now how he's a very good goalkeeper, but he needs a challenge,” the manager added.
“And from these challenges he progressed. That is what I see in this moment when I see him keeping across the season.”
Onana is in the running to win the Premier League’s Save of the Month award for February – click here to vote for him!