Man Utd star Andre Onana avoided red card due to little-known rule as Bodo/Glimt star reveals referee’s explanation

ANDRE ONANA avoided a reddish paper against Bodo/Glimt owed to a little-known rule.

The Cameroonian, 28, was successful enactment arsenic Manchester United came from down to beat their Norwegian opponents 3-2 successful the Europa League.

With 15 minutes remaining, Onana was progressive successful a highly contentious moment.

As Bodo/Glimt broke forward, the United stopper raced retired of his goal.

Onana challenged Jens Petter Hauge, with the shot intelligibly striking his limb and stopping Bodo/Glimt's attack.

Referee Lawrence Visser instantly waved distant the visitors' claims.

The determination was past cleared by VAR and the crippled continued.

After his side's defeat, Bodo/Glimt's skipper Patrick Berg revealed Visser's on-field mentation for the decision.

He told Norwegian broadcaster NRK: "I consciousness Jens tries to resistance the shot past Onana and past it hits his hand.

"He [Visser] explains that determination is simply a regularisation that states that the shot tin deed the manus if it is connected the crushed arsenic a support, past it does not matter."

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While the determination not to nonstop Onana disconnected was close by the missive of the law, it inactive near immoderate absorption players with a sour taste.

Hakon Evjen added: "It looked similar helium takes it with his manus present and then, whether determination is enactment oregon not.

"It is an unfastened people for Jens astatine 20 metres, truthful it is astatine slightest debatable."

Man Utd had taken the pb aft conscionable 48 seconds via Alejandro Garnacho.

But Bodo/Glimt stunned the Old Trafford assemblage by turning the crippled connected its caput courtesy of strikes by Evjen And Philip Zinckernagel.

Rasmus Hojlund levelled connected the changeable of half-time, earlier grabbing what turned retired to beryllium the victor connected 50 minutes.

After the game, Onana caught up with a high-profile compatriot.

The goalkeeper beamed arsenic helium posed for a drawback with erstwhile UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou.