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'Nowhere more difficult to have a tough time' - Manchester United legend has sympathy for struggling Andre Onana as Red Devils prepare for Europa League quarter-final second leg with Lyon

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  • Onana dropped at the weekend
  • Dropped two howlers against Lyon
  • Bruce has sympathy
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  • WHAT HAPPENED?

    Speaking on talkSPORT, former United defender Bruce suggested that the club’s goalkeepers would always struggle given the defensive issues at Old Trafford, and has claimed that he has sympathy for the Cameroon international, who made two high-profile mistakes against Lyon last week.

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    THE BIGGER PICTURE

    Manager Ruben Amorim dropped Onana for their clash with Newcastle at the weekend. Without him, the Red Devils lost 4-1. Now, Onana is set to be restored to the starting XI for their encounter with the Ligue 1 side.

  • WHAT BRUCE SAID

    Bruce told talkSPORT: "You would hope it's going to be a quiet night but I think we've watched United for a while now and you think 'can the lad have a quiet night'? Are they defensively good enough? Not just the goalkeeper, we're talking about them defensively now, are they good enough to go and keep a clean sheet to give yourself the platform that everybody wants to see?

    "It was a big call to leave him out, obviously he's brought him back in, let's hope it's freshened him up and brought a bit of an edge to him. Undoubtedly he's a talented goalkeeper but he's like all the rest of them at the minute, they're all having a tough time, and there's nowhere more difficult to have a tough time than playing at Man United."

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    WHAT NEXT?

    Onana will hope to avoid any splashy, negative headlines with his performance against Lyon on Thursday evening.