Jamie Carragher says he wouldn’t expect Andre Onana’s howler from an Under 18s keeper after his ‘unacceptable’ performance against Galatasaray

Jamie Carragher has slammed Andre Onana’s performance for Manchester United against Galatasaray as ‘unacceptable’ and suggested that if he were a young academy prospect, he might have been dropped for good. 

The Cameroonian keeper was Ten Hag’s number-one target in the position during last summer’s transfer window, after having first worked with the former Inter Milan player at Ajax as he rose from the youth ranks to the senior No1. 

But a number of questionable performances in red have raised questions over whether Onana is of the standard required by a Man United side chasing trophies. 

In Istanbul on Wednesday evening, Onana was pilloried for his inaction in the face of an impressive freekick from Chelsea loanee Hakim Ziyech that brought the home side into the game at 2-1. 

Ziyech continued to torture the 27-year-old in the second-half, outfoxing him with a comparatively tame shot that kept Galatasaray in the hunt at 3-2 as United threw away their lead to end the tie with 3-3 draw. 

Erik ten Hag doubled down on his support of his No1 in the aftermath of the tie while Jamie Carragher has argued that Onana is falling below standards of a Man United keeper

Onana was handed a paltry three out of 10 by French outlet L’Equipe for his showing at RAMS Park, and Carragher was no less merciless with his assessment of the goalkeeper five months into his time at Old Trafford. 

‘The performance for a Manchester United goalkeeper in Turkey was unacceptable,’ the Liverpool legend shared in his column for Telegraph Sport. ‘You would not expect an Under 18 keeper to make the basic handling error for Galatasaray’s second goal. 

‘If a youth keeper was promoted and played like Onana on Wednesday evening, he would probably never feature for the first team again.’

But despite his harsh words, the Sky Sports pundit admitted he felt ‘sorry’…