Wolves manager blasts Onana following PL debut

Manchester United's Andre Onana (R) tackles Wolverhampton Wanderers Sasa Kalajdzic during the English Premier League match between Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers in Manchester, Britain, 14 August 2023. EPA/PETER POWELL

by Staff Reporter

Tuesday Aug 15, 2023. 11:03

Wolves’ manager believes that Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana nearly took one of his player’s heads off during their 1-0 defeat to the Red Devils in the Premier League on Monday night.

A lackluster United managed to come away with maximum points in their first league encounter of the 2023/24 campaign, thanks to a late headed effort by Raphael Varane.

Wolves thought they had won a late penalty in the tie, after Onana appeared to have impeded Sasa Kalajdzic while trying to gather a cross inside his area.

Speaking on the incident, O’Neill mentioned that the touchline official deemed it as a blatant penalty and apologized after the game.

“It looked like the goalkeeper tried to take the centre-forward’s head off is what it looked like live and when I watch it now it looks the same,” O’Neil said after the game, as per GOAL.

“I’m really surprised it’s not a foul. If you go for the ball and clatter the player that hard it has to be a foul. I’m not surprised we didn’t get it.

“I thought he was coming to the screen but he came over to book me. Moss came out and said it was a blatant penalty and apologised. He thought it was a clear and obvious error.”