Andre Onana makes Manchester United admission after poor start to season

Andre Onana has diclosed that the Manchester United dressing room is taking responsibility for the team’s poor start to the season, actively working to self-correct their “mistakes.”

Manager Erik ten Hag has faced significant scrutiny and speculation regarding his job security.

However, Onana emphasized that the players are not simply relying on the coaching staff to identify solutions for their shortcomings.

The goalkeeper highlighted the importance of regular dialogue among the squad to address the issues that have left them in 12th place in the Premier League and without a win in Europe.

“We speak about everything,” the Cameroon international told Sky Sports News.

“We speak about goals, we speak about mistakes, we speak about free kicks.

“We speak about corners, how to defend and how to attack them.

“At the end of the day, when we step on the pitch, it’s to win.

“Clean sheets for defenders and as a goalkeeper is the first thing we have in mind. If we keep the zero, our front players, they will score.

“And [Marcus] Rashford sometimes when we score, he looks at me like, ‘Andre, now it’s your turn’ and he’s told me too – but in a nice way, because we are in this together.

“When they score, we are so happy because we are in this together.

“We make sure even in terms of build-up, we have to try to build up the best way possible to give them space.

“Now if Rashford is one against one with the defender, for us it’s helpful with his speed, he can make the difference.

“So we try always to speak about everything and look at what is best for the team.”

Andre Onana highlights the team’s togetherness and their ability to maintain perspective as key reasons why they haven’t been affected by the external noise surrounding United.

“We stay together – as a football player and as a regular person, you know in life you will always find difficulty,” he added.

“You will come through it, you don’t know when but until you are there, you have to fight your way out.

“And us as players, when things are going wrong, we stay together because only together we can solve it.

“We showed already in the past that we can beat anyone. So we didn’t start this season how we want, but together we can change everything. So it is what we did and what we are going to do because everything in life is temporary.

“You will not always win and you will not always lose. So we have to find the good balance and move on because at the end of the day, it’s about winning games.

“That’s what we are training hard every day for and it’s important to stay together because if we are not together, then it’s better to not go on the pitch.”

“It’s the price to pay when you play for such a big club,” Andre Onana concedes.

“You always hear about Manchester United, about Real Madrid, about Barcelona… fingers pointed everywhere.

“But us as players, we just focus on our things, because there are things in life we cannot control.

“And what people think and what people say, that is not what I can control.

“So we are just focused on our training, our games, our game plan and to win games because that is our main priority.

“What others think, we can’t control that – I wish we could control everything, but that is not for us.

“So we just let them speak and we are still in democracy so everyone is allowed to say whatever you want.

“We always try to take the positive side because it’s what is important for us.”

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