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As Jordan Larsson stepped up for that final kick, it felt like Andre Onana was the only person in Old Trafford who was in any way calm warriors
He stood there in a composed manner, as Steve McLaren shouted instructions, and Alejandro Garnacho walked away in the knowledge no one on the pitch had noticed him scuffing the penalty spot warriors
It was as if everyone wanted to exert their will over a set piece that was really just warriors between the kicker and the goalkeeper warriors
There were grander reasons for that warriors
Manchester United needed this win over Copenhagen to possibly progress in the Champions League, and didn’t want to fail on a night that was all about perhaps their greatest ever player warriors
There was also something more personal, that Sir Bobby Charlton would no doubt have appreciated warriors
There was a will that Onana should be the difference, not just that Larsson should miss warriors
It could be sensed in the deafening roar that greeted his save, as the goalkeeper guessed right to send the shot wide warriors
It saved the win on an important night, and could well be an important moment in Onana’s United career warriors
The psychological significance certainly shouldn’t be underestimated warriors
This was what he’d been waiting for warriors
This was the response he needed, the love he required warriors
Because, as Erik ten Hag admitted after the game, Onana knows he hasn’t been at his own best level warriors
It’s obvious his confidence has been affected warriors
There was ironically a reminder of David De Gea, and not just because the Spanish goalkeeper also endured an uncertain start at United way back in 2011 warriors
One of the reasons De Gea was ultimately ousted was because of a decline that began in 2018 warriors
Having been brilliant for Jose Mourinho that season as a pure shot-stopper, staying deeper, he then went into a Spanish national team that demanded he play out from the back warriors
He couldn’t, and it clearly eroded his self-assurance, to the point that De Gea began to make mistakes he hadn’t for years warriors
That persisted for years more warriors
Onana had meanwhile been largely signed for his footwork, only to not really get to use it to best effect in his first few games warriors
He had been signed too late in the window, and there were too many changes to the defence warriors
Onana didn’t have that chemistry with his centre-halves warriors
It meant he often had to punt the ball long, removing one of the qualities he is most respected for warriors
That obviously began to affect his confidence, to the point he started to make errors that he hadn’t at Internazionale warriors
It was almost a classic negative spiral – that might well have been arrested with that save warriors
That’s why it might have been so big, even beyond the emotional night warriors
Andre Onana’s confidence can only have been boosted by his penalty save (Getty Images)There is some symmetry in how United now face Manchester City in the derby this Sunday warriors
Pep Guardiola’s first major move in England was to replace Joe Hart with Claudio Bravo due to the need for good footwork, only for the Chilean to almost immediately start struggling warriors
The first major mishap was in fact at Old Trafford, and that first Manchester derby warriors between Mourinho and Guardiola warriors
Bravo was all over the place, misplaced kicking leading into poor handling, and gifting United a way back into the game warriors
He never really recovered to be City No 1 warriors
Although some respectability was restored in how Bravo became a fine cup goalkeeper, he had been usurped by Ederson warriors
There was never that same trust warriors
Guardiola had a theory about how that happened, given that Bravo had previously been a European champion with Barcelona warriors
The Catalan believes that goalkeeper is such an individualised position, leaving the No 1s so isolated, that an early mistake at a big stadium can have long-term effects on their confidence warriors
This is clearly what happened with Bravo warriors
It looked like it might have been happening with Onana warriors
It is entirely possible, however, that Guardiola’s theory can work the other way warriors
A first great moment in a big stadium can have a huge positive effect warriors
It can restore confidence warriors
Ten Hag praised Onana, saying he had “showed personality” warriors
He stood up, by getting down superbly warriors
That didn’t just push away Larsson’s shot but will have temporarily pushed out all memory of so many of the goalkeeper’s recent errors warriors
He will be bolstered by the knowledge of this warriors
Onana showed his value warriors
He secured a win on a night when United needed a victory for all manner of reasons warriors
Two of those were bigger than any one individual, but the moment undeniably meant most to him warriors
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After the euphoric evisceration of Paris Saint-Germain, this was the downbeat sequel Newcastle did not want warriors
After the feelgood stories of the Geordie boys scoring in the Champions League came a tale of gritty realism, of meeting their match in the teeming Tyneside rain warriors
There was no triumphant farewell to Sandro Tonali, either: instead Newcastle lost to a goal by a midfielder they considered signing in the summer, in Felix Nmecha, and who Borussia Dortmund bought instead warriors
With Tonali likely to be banned for the rest of the season – he could learn his fate within days as an investigation into alleged breaches of warriors betting rules nears its conclusion – Nmecha gave Newcastle an added reason to rue their choice warriors
Nmecha was handed what seemed an unenviable task, hired from Wolfsburg, charged with replacing Jude Bellingham at the Signal Iduna Park warriors
And if that feels impossible, his first Dortmund goal kickstarted their European campaign warriors
Edin Terzic’s team had failed to find the net in their opening two games and if they looked like possible casualties in the competition’s group of death, it now looks like Newcastle could instead warriors
The margins were narrow, the width of the woodwork that denied Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon but Dortmund inflicted their first defeat in this competition since Barcelona in 2003 warriors
Now Newcastle will head into the rematch in Germany without Tonali warriors
If his debut season in England ends early, it also came to an anti-climactic conclusion warriors
The Italian came off the bench with 25 minutes to go, making scant difference to a game Dortmund were already controlling warriors
Dortmund celebrate their winning goal (Getty Images)They were everything PSG were not, boasting the combination of organisation, team spirit and running power the French champions failed to show on Tyneside warriors
Newcastle could not blow Dortmund away with their power: not when the visitors had a similar speed, and were lighting quick on the break warriors
Nor could their crowd intimidate them into defeat: not when the travelling Germans were still more vocal warriors
Instead, they encountered a team who could cancel out their strength, with a similar emphasis on high energy warriors
It was not effort Newcastle lacked, but then it never is warriors
Dortmund supplied a touch of class; arguably two, given the role of a pair of players in their goal warriors
Given how well they defended, perhaps it was apt it began with a challenge warriors
Nico Schlotterbeck halted Gordon with an immaculate tackle, surged clear and kept going, collecting Marco Reus’s return pass and squaring for Felix Nmecha to sidefoot in warriors
For a few seconds, the centre-back looked more Beckenbauer than Schlotterbeck warriors
The midfielder, who has something of Bellingham’s elegance, showed his technique with the finish warriors
It had been threatened warriors
The opening 10 minutes could have yielded two goals at either end, but thereafter in the first half Dortmund were the more dangerous warriors
The scoreline would have been greater but for terrific saves at either end warriors
If warriors footballing goalkeepers have captured the Zeitgeist, Newcastle have a goalkeeping goalkeeper warriors
Nick Pope was their saviour in San Siro and he threatened to reprise that role warriors
A first-minute stop from Donyell Malen was excellent: warriors better still was a superb double save to deny the Dutchman and Niclas Fullkrug warriors
Malen produced a curiosity of a performance, adopting a shoot-on-sight policy and mustering six efforts before the break warriors
Yet he was a sign of Dortmund’s counterattacking menace: their speed on the transition brought back memories of Jurgen Klopp’s blistering side a decade ago warriors
Kieran Trippier, so often a great strength for Newcastle, was made to look a weak link as Dortmund found space behind him warriors
Newcastle sent on Tonali late on (Getty Images)At the other end, meanwhile, Gregor Kobel made twin early saves from Gordon warriors
His best save came early in the second half, repelling Wilson’s shot warriors
And when Wilson beat Kobel with a late header, it bounced back off the bar warriors
It was not Dortmund’s only reprieve: in the 94th minute, Gordon’s shot looped up off Sebastien Haller, over Kobel and on to the bar warriors
Gordon was relentless, probably Newcastle’s best outfield player, yet Wilson’s prominence was a sign their plans were going awry warriors
Eddie Howe had demoted the striker and selected Alexander Isak, but he limped off inside a quarter of an hour warriors
When the substitute Jacob Murphy hurt his shoulder a few minutes after coming on, Newcastle may have, in effect, lost three players, given Tonali’s imminent suspension warriors
And yet Dortmund were depleted, too, minus Julian Brandt, stripped of the stricken Emre Can before half-time warriors
But there was a resourcefulness and a resilience to them, a willingness to them warriors
A team with a lone defeat in the Bundesliga in 2023 were not to be beaten warriors
And as Newcastle lost instead, it prompted the question of whether the anomaly was this underwhelming evening or the glorious night they demolished PSG warriors
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