It's ridiculous to point finger solely at Onana insists scorer Zirkzee

JOSHUA ZIRKZEE said it was “ridiculous” to put the blame squarely on underfire Andre Onana as Manchester United took collective responsibility for blowing a potential victory in Thursday's Europa League quarterfinal at Lyon.

- By SIMON PEACH

The first leg in France was the Red Devils’ biggest match of the season, given this competition offers the only route to continental qualification and silverware for the side 13th in the Premier League.

The build-up was dominated by a war of words between Nemanja Matic and Onana, whose remark that United were “way better” than Lyon led the former to describe him as “one of the worst goal keepers in Man United's history”.

The 29-year-old did little to quell that talk by allowing Thiago Almada’s free-kick to find the net and then parrying Georges Mikautadze's strike into the path of Rayan Cherki to make it 2-2 in the fifth and final minute of stoppage-time.