Bruno Fernandes has thrown his arm around Andre Onana after the Manchester United goalkeeper was deemed at fault for Viktoria Plzen’s opening goal on Thursday night.

Onana was intending on passing to team-mate Matthjis de Ligt, only for the Cameroon international’s attempt to fall straight at the feet of the Plzen attacker.

A careless error if nothing else, it comes after a difficult week for the Red Devils’ first-choice goalkeeper, with Onana criticised for his showing against Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Misjudging the flight of the ball, Onana could only watch on in horror as Morgan Gibbs-White’s strike from the edge of the box swerved away from him and into the net.

But the recent string of mistakes haven’t dampened the faith United’s players have in Onana, with Fernandes coming out and reiterating that point after the come-from-behind-win.

Speaking to TNT Sports, Fernandes said post-match: “We want to play from the back and everyone knows that, then we have to make the right decision on the pitch.

“Andre [Onana] thought that Matta [De Ligt] could get on the ball but he missed it and they scored a goal.

“It is not about Andre making the mistake, we don’t look at individuals here when something happens on the wrong side.”

The Portuguese international continued: “We have huge belief in him. He knows he made a mistake because he is a clever guy, he is going to help us many times and we trust his qualities on the ball.

“Mistakes are part of football. If they don’t happen then goals don’t happen. But we did well to show the resilience to come back and find the victory.”

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