Andre Onana has revealed Manchester United’s dressing room is taking accountability and attempting to self-correct their “mistakes” to steer away from a poor begin to the season.
Supervisor Erik ten Hag has tackled huge scrutiny and hypothesis round his job safety, however in an unique interview with Sky Sports activities Information, goalkeeper Onana has shared that the United gamers aren’t solely leaving it as much as the teaching employees to seek out options for his or her deficiencies.
Onana flagged there’s common dialogue amongst the squad on fixing the problems that see them twelfth within the Premier League desk and with no win but in Europe.
“We speak about everything,” stated the Cameroon worldwide. “We talk about targets, we talk about errors, we talk about free kicks. We talk about corners, the way to defend and the way to assault them.
“On the finish of the day, after we step on the pitch, it is to win.
“Clear sheets for defenders and as a goalkeeper is the very first thing we bear in mind. If we preserve the zero, our entrance gamers, they’ll rating. And [Marcus] Rashford generally after we rating, he appears to be like at me like, ‘Andre, now it is your flip’ and he is informed me too – however in a pleasant approach, as a result of we’re on this collectively.
“Once they rating, we’re so pleased as a result of we’re on this collectively. We be certain even by way of build-up, now we have to attempt to construct up the easiest way attainable to present them area.
“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.”
Onana circles this togetherness and willingness to maintain perspective as core to the crew not getting swept up by the exterior noise round United.
“We stay together – as a football player and as a regular person, you know in life you will always find difficulty,” he says.
“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 gamers, when issues are going flawed, we keep collectively as a result of solely collectively we are able to remedy 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’ll not all the time win and you’ll not all the time lose. So now we have to seek out the nice stability and transfer on as a result of on the finish of the day, it is about successful video 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.”
Onana says he doesn’t thoughts the fixed criticism round United. “It’s the price to pay when you play for such a big club,” he 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 folks assume and what folks say, that’s not what I can management. So we’re simply targeted on our coaching, our video games, our sport plan and to win video games as a result of that’s our most important precedence.
“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.”
United face an arduous finish to October with three video games in six days, starting away towards acquainted foe Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce within the Europa League on Thursday night time.
A top-flight battle follows at West Ham earlier than United host Leicester within the Carabao Cup and Onana believes his team-mates are nicely primed for an uptick in kind off the again of their victory towards Brentford.
“Once you win is always nice, the victory always brings a very good mood, very good energy,” he stated.
“It’s extra motivation, especially at the moment with how important it is for us to win in Turkey. So we are going there to win.
“We have now three huge competitions, we simply should be ourselves, get good relaxation and prepare for the video games.”
Onana believes United’s greater focus on being difficult to beat and better out of possession will aid them through a taxing schedule.
“We’re extra compact, now we have extra management and that is what we had been on the lookout for,” he says.
“And I believe it is the way in which now we have to comply with. We are going to preserve bettering and our defence is doing implausible. So now now we have to go for the following step.
“The approach is always the same because we are used to doing this for years already, but we have to be pragmatic also because it’s not only about us, also you have to react to the opponent. And in football, you have so many things – also in life which doesn’t only depend on you. Like sometimes with a referee’s decision. You have to deal with the situation and move on.
“You’ve so many opponents who do not even wish to press us within the build-up anymore. Then for them, it is like losing time. The drop is displaying us some respect. It is what I like additionally as a result of we’re doing good issues and yeah, it is what we wished.
“When I came here, they told me: ‘Andre, we have to be a dominant team.’ And the dominant team is the team that will take a risk. We have players who have personality to play and it’s what we are showing. Sometimes mistakes will come because it’s part of life and we keep doing the same and move on, improve, develop…
“It is about how we are able to be taught from our errors and never change the philosophy as a result of it is too straightforward to vary the whole lot when issues are going unhealthy. However we by no means should neglect what brings us to this excessive stage.”