{"id":291428,"date":"2023-09-20T21:35:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T21:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=291428"},"modified":"2023-09-20T21:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T21:35:21","slug":"mobile-can-be-bayern-munich-4-3-man-united-red-devils-leaky-defence-costs-them-again-after-andre-onana-howler-and-a-dubious-harry-kane-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/mobile-can-be-bayern-munich-4-3-man-united-red-devils-leaky-defence-costs-them-again-after-andre-onana-howler-and-a-dubious-harry-kane-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"mobile can be: Bayern Munich 4-3 Man United: Red Devils' leaky defence costs them again after Andre Onana HOWLER and a dubious Harry Kane penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"
So Manchester United stagger on, from a painful night here in Bavaria to Burnley on Saturday. From defeat in an incredible seven-goal feast beneath the futuristic majesty of the Allianz Arena to an old-fashioned street fight at Turf Moor.<\/p>\n
Just how bad can this get? United\u2019s pitiful start to the season reads four defeats in their opening six games. If they weren\u2019t in crisis before, they certainly are now.<\/p>\n
The problems are piling up for Erik ten Hag faster than he can solve them at the moment. And the worst thing for the United manager on his return to the club where he was once reserve-team boss was that it didn\u2019t have to end like this.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His beleaguered team actually started rather well and twice fought their way back into the game. There is still a spirit about them if not much swagger.<\/p>\n
But the moment Andre Onana fumbled a shot into the net from former Manchester City winger Leroy Sane, United were in trouble again. Arsenal old-boy Serge Gnabry scored another before half-time, and although Rasmus Hojlund got his first goal for United since a \u00a372million move, Harry Kane was always going to have a say and converted a second half-penalty. Casemiro scored twice either side of Mathys Tel\u2019s header in a bonkers finale.<\/p>\n
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Manchester United fell short in their Champions League group stage opener on Thursday<\/p>\n
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Harry Kane scored his first Champions League goal in Bayern colours against the Red Devils<\/p>\n
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The England captain stepped up to the spot and tucked his effort into the back of the net<\/p>\n
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Andre Onana (R) will be disappointed in his role in Bayern’s opening goal on the night<\/p>\n
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Munich\u2019s connection with Manchester United is sewn into the very fabric of the club. In tragedy, of course, but also in United\u2019s instinctive ability to fight back from adversity.<\/p>\n
Ten Hag needed that quality in abundance after a torrid start to the season and, to be fair, he got it against a Bayern side whose Champions League group record makes for quite frightening reading.<\/p>\n
Bayern XI: <\/span>Ulreich; Laimer, Upamecano, Min-Jae, Davies; Kimmich, Goretzka; Sane (Muller, 89), Musiala (Choupo-Moting, 75), Gnabry (Coman, 63); Kane (Tel, 89)<\/p>\n Subs not used:\u00a0<\/span>Kr\u00e4tzig,\u00a0Sarr,\u00a0de Ligt,\u00a0Mazraoui,\u00a0Peretz,\u00a0Schmitt<\/p>\n Booked: <\/span>Goretzka<\/p>\n Manager:\u00a0<\/span>Zsolt L\u00f6w\u00a0<\/p>\n Man United XI: <\/span>Onana; Dalot, Lindelof, Martinez, Reguilon; Eriksen (McTominay, 69), Casemiro; Pellistri (Garnacho, 81), Fernandes, Rashford; Hojlund (Martial, 81)<\/p>\n Subs not used: <\/span>Forson, Daniel Gore, Mejbri, Evans, Bayindir, Vitek, Heaton<\/p>\n Booked: <\/span>Martinez<\/p>\n Manager: <\/span>Erik ten Hag\u00a0<\/p>\n The Germans have won their opening game for 20 years in a row now. It\u2019s six years since they were last beaten in the groups, and five since Ten Hag\u2019s Ajax became the last club to deny them victory here at the Allianz.<\/p>\n While Thomas Tuchel \u2013 banned from the touchline here \u2013 had the luxury of naming Thomas Muller and Kingsley Coman among his substitutes, United\u2019s injury problems meant Ten Hag put three youngsters \u2013 Hannibal Mejbri, Dan Gore and Omari Forson \u2013 on the bench alongside three goalkeepers.<\/p>\n It was the man who started in goal for United who was responsible for this game turning crucially in Bayern\u2019s favour just before the half hour mark, however.<\/p>\n Onana had faced the media here on Tuesday night and addressed the murmurings that the man brought in for \u00a347.2million to replace David de Gea because he is better with his feet might not be so good with his hands.<\/p>\n Onana defended himself then better than he defended his goal in the 28th minute when Sane cut in from the right and exchanged passes with Kane.<\/p>\n Sane\u2019s first-time shot past Lisandro Martinez was straight at Onana but the Cameroon keeper somehow allowed it to squirm through his hands and looked on in horror as the ball rolled over the line.<\/p>\n Ten Hag stood stone-faced on the touchline. Maybe the United manager was wondering if De Gea is still available. He is.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The goalkeeper failed to keep Leroy Sane’s long-range effort out of the goal in the first-half<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rasmus Hojlund scored his first goal for the club with a close-range, deflected effort<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Youngster Mathys Tel added a fourth goal deep in added time with a thumping effort<\/p>\n Ten Hag must be fearing where the next body-blow is coming from. If his players aren\u2019t unavailable due to off-the-field issues, they are dropping like flies through injury or dropping clangers like this one.<\/p>\n The biggest shame was that United had actually played quite well up to that point. The talk after Saturday\u2019s defeat to Brighton had been about showing more unity and they had certainly done that.<\/p>\n Facundo Pellistri, the one change from Brighton as Ten Hag ditched his midfield diamond and gave the Uruguayan his Champ[ions League debut as a right wing replacement for Antony and Jadon Sancho, had a great chance in the fourth minute.<\/p>\n He looked certain to turn in Christian Eriksen\u2019s cross from close range but Alphonso Davies somehow got in front of him to clear and Eriksen\u2019s follow-up effort was saved by Sven Ulreich.<\/p>\n The Germans certainly lacked their usual swagger. There were misplaced passes here and there, and the home fans howled when Sane gave up on a pass from Kane.<\/p>\n United, on the other hand grew in confidence but it seemed to crumble in an instant when Sane\u2019s goal went in.<\/p>\n Within four minutes Bayern had another. The excellent Jamal Musiala raced down he left pursued by Diogo Dalot and was able to twist inside the United right-back. Musiala laid the ball back to Gnabry who swept it home.<\/p>\n Credit to United, they dug deep after half-time and pulled a goal back in the 49th minute when Hojlund scored after a largely anonymous first half in which he only touched the ball eight times.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Casemiro scored a brace in the dying moments but it was too little, too late for Man United<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Erik ten Hag’s Man United side have now lost their last three matches in all competitions<\/p>\n Marcus Rashford laid the ball off for his new strike partner who hit it first-time and a deflection helped his shot past Ulreich.<\/p>\n The renewed hope was extinguished almost immediately. VAR official Pol van Boekel ruled that Dayot Upamecano\u2019s header had hit Eriksen\u2019s arm and up stepped Kane.<\/p>\n Onana messed around with his water bottle and towel to keep the England captain waiting, but to no avail. Kane converted for his fifth goal in the last five games.<\/p>\n Sane hit the post and Onana saved from Kane and Eric Choupo-Moting as Bayern threatened to run riot. Then Casemiro struck from close-range in the 88th minute and United hoped again. They do have previous against Bayern after all.<\/p>\n It was not to be this time, though. Tel headed a late fourth before Casemiro replied again. Burnley will be licking their lips now.<\/p>\n It’s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\nIT’S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n