Manchester United have been an unpredictable team in recent times. Installed on a constant roller coaster of emotions, he is capable of the best and the worst. From slumping to 13th place in the Premier League, with just 2 wins and 5 losses in 9 games since the Portuguese arrived on the bench Ruben Amorim, but also to take the Etihad victory in the derby against City, coming back with two goals in the 88th and 90th minutes (1-2) and to start a 2-2 at Anfield against the difficult leader who Liverpool.
On Sunday, United continued this run of good results in very difficult stadiums with a heroic qualification to the 1/32 finals of the FA Cup after eliminating Arsenal at the Emirates on penalties (1-1 and 3-5 ).
It arrived in 2023 for five million euros
A victory that had an unlikely hero Altay Bayindir, 26-year-old goalkeeper who arrived at Old Trafford in September 2023 from Fenerbahçe for just five million euros.
Since then the Turkish international has not made his Premier League debut and has only played 5 games for the ‘red devils’ with 3 different coaches! It premiered in January 2024 in the FA Cup with Erik ten Haag and this season he played three games in the League Cup himself Have a Hag, with his temporary relief Ruud van Nistelrooy and now with Amorim. The exit in the quarterfinals of this competition against Tottenham (4-3) was especially cruel for Bayindir after conceding an Olympic goal from Heung-min’s son in the 88th minute.
But Amorim continued to trust him on Sunday in the FA Cup beforehand Andre Onana. And he restored his confidence with a magnificent performance: in the 70th minute, at 1-1, he saved a penalty near the post. Martin Odegaard extending his 1.98 to the maximum.
Bayindir then kept United alive with two saves in two one-on-ones with Declan Rice and completed the task by achieving classification in the round by throwing the Kai Havertz next to the stick. “He is our hero,” he highlighted. Amorim the undisputed MVP of the game
Source: La Verdad
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