At Old Trafford, Manchester United were unable to build upon Wednesday’s 4-2 triumph against Sheffield United, drawing 1-1 with Burnley in the Premier League.
First half opportunities were plentiful for both teams, but United had the better of the chances and came closest on two occasions; Alejandro Garnacho sent a shot over the crossbar and Bruno Fernandes’s well-struck volley rattled the post.
The Clarets had spells of possession as well, but they couldn’t score until Andre Onana made a great save to keep Lyle Foster’s shot out.
After a long period of scoreless play, Erik ten Hag’s team finally broke through when Antony scored his first Premier League goal of the season with a low, powerful shot into the bottom corner. But Burnley equalised with Zeki Amdouni’s penalty kick only eight minutes later.
Burnley earned a vital point thanks to the Swiss attacker’s 12-yard shot, which he put brilliantly into the bottom right corner after Casemiro’s weak header and Onana’s foul.
Even though United had a rough game overall, one of their stars had a forgettable day at Old Trafford.
The statistics of Andre Onana’s match against Burnley
Onana, who plays as United’s number 24, had a performance that was hit and miss. According to Sofascore, he made a total of six saves, four of them were from shots within the box. One of them was the incredible one that denied Foster.
Nevertheless, the Cameroonian made an ill-advised foul on Amdouni, who promptly converted the penalty. Although Casemiro’s sloppy clearings didn’t assist his cause, the foul was called because he threw his arms up in an effort to punch.
Without that, Onana had a solid performance. The former Ajax and Inter goalkeeper was rated 6 out of 10 by Samuel Luckhurst of the Manchester Evening News in his post-match analysis. Luckhurst described the goalie’s performance as “a matchwinning performance” until he conceded the penalty.
Onana, as usual, was an integral part of the action, and he finished with 56 touches—four more than any other United player. Additionally, the custodian continued to play the long-ball, out-of-the-back technique that his coach had advised him to do this season.
For a total of 30 out of 45 passes, Onana was successful with seven long balls. In instance, no player on the field was able to find a United teammate more often than him—four times.
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Who, according to Statman Dave on X, did in fact get four passes from Onana, more than any other player. In the whole game, the Dane received zero assists and just fourteen touches.
Due to the difficulty of the day, United’s number 11 was unable to even record a shot on goal, let alone one that was on target. This could come as a surprise, since Fernandes set up an astounding nine scoring opportunities. Also, Hojlund only managed to finish three of the six passes he tried.
In their post-match assessments, Football Insider criticised Hojlund for being “isolated and starved of service.” The magazine rated the Dane with a 2 out of 10.
Hojlund has gone through a bad patch recently; his last goal came in a match against Sheffield United, which was his first since February 18th, when he scored twice away at Luton. He has scored only once in his last 10 appearances for club and nation dating back to that match.
On Monday, United will travel to Crystal Palace for their next match, and Hojlund will be hoping to snap that streak. The Red Devils are looking to get off to a solid start before the big Manchester Derby at Wembley, as they have a difficult run of games coming up and an FA Cup Final spectacular at the end of the season.
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