Ruben Amorim has confirmed Andre Onana will get the chance to make amends for last week's mistakes as the Manchester United goalkeeper returns to the starting line-up for Thursday's key Europa League quarter-final against Lyon.
The 29-year-old was labelled "one of the worst goalkeepers in Manchester United's history" by Nemanja Matic before the first leg as the Lyon midfielder reacted furiously to the stopper saying the Premier League team were "way better" than the French club.
Onana did little to quell such talk as he floundered on a hostile evening in France, where he all too easily allowed Thiago Almada's free-kick to creep in before his stoppage-time parry allowed Rayan Cherki to make it 2-2.
Amorim dropped the Cameroon international for Sunday's 4-1 Premier League loss at Newcastle to allow him to "disconnect" after a dramatic week, but United's head coach confirmed he will start the must-win second leg against Lyon.
"Onana will play tomorrow," the Portuguese said. "As a coach and also as a former player, I try to do things that can help a player in this situation.
"Sometimes we talk about managing players physically. We have to manage them also mentally, but then they have to return to competition and Onana is ready.
"He had one weekend that I felt that it was better for him to not play, and a good thing for Altay (Bayindir) to play. This week, my thinking was to put Onana to play."
Amorim also confirmed that Joshua Zirkzee (above) has suffered a season-ending hamstring injury.
The 23-year-old joined from Serie A side Bologna in July for €42.5m and initially made an underwhelming start to life at Old Trafford.
Zirkzee's performances have improved significantly since the turn of the year and the United forward scored off the bench in last week's Europa League quarter-final first leg at Lyon.
However, the Netherlands international will miss Thursday's return fixture and the remainder of the campaign due to the hamstring issue sustained in Sunday's 4-1 Premier League loss at Newcastle.
Zirkzee joins Lisandro Martinez in missing the rest of the season, but Amad Diallo could yet return from ankle ligament damage sustained in February.
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