Can Onana recover?
Former England midfielder Aaron Lennon believes Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana can recover from his two blunders at Lyon but the "uncertainty" he creates in the team is a real problem.Since the start of last season, Onana has made eight errors leading to goals in all competitions - the most of any keeper playing for a Premier League club - and he was at fault for both of Lyon's goals in Thursday's 2-2 draw."He is more than in the spotlight," said Lennon on BBC Radio 5 Live. "He has had two disasters as he was at fault for both goals."In the first goal he sees it all the way but he goes down too late. He has to do better. He tries to push it round the post and he gets it all wrong. The second is a massive mistake."There have always been question marks over Onana and they are now really big question marks."He strikes me as a confident guy so I think he can recover from this. I don't think Amorim will drop him because that would be huge and he would then probably have to leave him out for the rest of the season."There were a couple of times where Harry Maguire kicked it out of play because he was unsure whether his goalkeeper was going to come out. That creates uncertainty in the back line and that is the problem."Listen to the Football Daily podcast on BBC Sounds
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