Derby of keeper dilemmas: Man United, Man City both searching for answers in goal

It's grounds of however rapidly things tin alteration that astatine antithetic points this summer, Ruben Amorim and Pep Guardiola, the managers of Manchester United and Manchester City, insisted they were blessed with their goalkeepers.

Fast guardant to the archetypal Manchester derby of the season, which takes spot Sunday, and Guardiola is weighing whether Gianluigi Donnarumma volition marque his debut astatine the Etihad Stadium. Amorim has opted for his No. 2 from past season, Altay Bayindir, to play up of deadline-day signing Senne Lammens from Antwerp. Bayindir is preferred, according to Amorim, due to the fact that helium has much experience.

Donnarumma, if selected, is improbable to look a much pressure-packed infinitesimal successful his City vocation than making his archetypal Premier League quality against United. His resume is not successful uncertainty aft a decennary astatine the highest level with AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain. There is simply a statement astir whether the Italian is bully capable with the shot astatine his feet to acceptable into Guardiola's system.

One mode oregon another, the goalkeepers astatine some ends of the transportation Sunday volition beryllium 1 of the talking points of the afternoon.

United's mixed messaging

It's tempting to deliberation United person lacked a wide program with their goalkeepers. For astir of the summer, André Onana thought helium would stay the starter. He accepted Amorim's determination to permission him retired of United's archetypal crippled against Arsenal aft missing astir of the preseason due to the fact that of a hamstring injury.

Onana was amazed that helium didn't instrumentality for the adjacent crippled against Fulham -- peculiarly aft Bayindir made a costly mistake successful the 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Arsenal. After the game, Amorim said helium was blessed with Onana, Bayindir and 39-year-old Tom Heaton arsenic his 3 goalkeepers. Onana past made 2 mistakes successful the shocking Carabao Cup decision to Grimsby Town.

Onana remained convinced helium would beryllium the starter until the last play earlier the transportation deadline, erstwhile Amorim picked Bayindir successful his starting XI to play Burnley, and United stepped up their strength to motion Lammens. After rejecting involvement from AS Monaco and Galatasaray, Cameroon planetary Onana has moved connected indebtedness to Trabzonspor to guarantee helium gets regular playing time.

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