Peter Schmeichel makes David Raya claim after Andre Onana double save vs Crystal Palace

Peter Schmeichel was afloat of praise for Andre Onana’s treble prevention against Crystal Palace, adjacent claiming it was amended than David Raya’s superb midweek stop.

Manchester United earned a constituent aft a stalemate astatine Selhurst Park but it was Onana who earned the plaudits for keeping the absorption astatine bay with a fantastic prevention successful the 2nd half.

The Cameroonian got down good to his near to prevention Eddie Nketiah’s left-footed onslaught earlier swiftly returning to his feet to thenar distant Ismaila Sarr’s follow-up effort from adjacent range.

The treble prevention brought backmost caller memories of Raya’s singular save for Arsenal successful the Champions League successful midweek, but Schmeichel believes that Onana’s halt deserves adjacent much plaudits.

‘Its the 2nd week moving that hes earned a constituent for his team,’ the erstwhile United keeper told Premier League productions.

‘That treble save, we saw Raya from that punishment prevention which was unbelieavle, but I deliberation this is much difficult

‘The changeable is done the legs of [Mattijs] De Ligt truthful helium sees it precocious truthful thats a large prevention successful itself.

‘But that betterment to get backmost up and helium adjacent gets a spot of a agelong connected his arms – it’s a magnificent prevention and that has saved a constituent for the team.’

Onana, meanwhile, was not keen to absorption connected his goalie heroics arsenic helium lamnted his broadside dropping different much points distant from home.

‘I don’t deliberation it [the save] is truthful important due to the fact that we didn’t win,’ helium told Sky Sports.

‘We are specified a large club. When we determination somewhere, we person the ambition to effort to win. We didn’t triumph but I’m blessed for the work, the sacrifice of my team-mates due to the fact that I deliberation we were amended than them.

‘We had truthful galore chances but unfortunately, we didn’t score. It’s hard to travel backmost with 1 constituent erstwhile we deserved to win.’

He continued: ‘I deliberation we were amended than them, I deliberation we were mode amended than them. We had much chances than them. We had the champion chances during the game. Of course, they are a precise bully team, but we were mode amended than them.’

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