{"id":291951,"date":"2023-10-25T10:25:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T10:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=291951"},"modified":"2023-10-25T10:25:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T10:25:17","slug":"manchester-uniteds-alejandro-garnacho-labelled-a-baby-after-scuffing-spot-before-copenhagens-penalty-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/manchester-uniteds-alejandro-garnacho-labelled-a-baby-after-scuffing-spot-before-copenhagens-penalty-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United\u2019s Alejandro Garnacho labelled a \u2018baby\u2019 after scuffing spot before Copenhagen\u2019s penalty miss"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Related video: Man United boss Ten Hag urges Alejandro Garnacho to kick on and meet \u2018higher demands\u2019 <\/p>\n
Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho has been accused of being \u201cchildish\u201d after scuffing up the spot before FC Copenhagen\u2019s crucial late penalty in the Champions League match at Old Trafford on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Footage showed Garnacho raking his studs across the spot moments before Jordan Larsson saw his 97th-minute penalty saved by United goalkeeper Andre Onana. The game immediately ended 1-0 after Harry Maguire\u2019s headed winner.<\/p>\n
Although there was no indication that Garnacho\u2019s actions influenced the outcome of the penalty, the former Sweden and Arsenal midfielder Kim Kallstrom accused Garnacho of being \u201cchildish\u201d and \u201ca baby\u201d, speaking on Swedish television.<\/p>\n
However some Manchester United fans were delighted with Garnacho\u2019s \u201cs***housery\u201d, with one tweeting: \u201cWhere do you want your statue?\u201d<\/p>\n
Having kicked off Group A with defeats to Bayern Munich and Galatasaray, the Red Devils could ill-afford any slip-up against the Danish champions. Onana was guilty of poor performances in both of those Champions League losses but helped make amends in a brilliant conclusion to an emotional first home game since the death of Sir Bobby Charlton.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe showed personality and he knows that before was not the levels what his skills are,\u201d manager Erik ten Hag said of the summer signing from Inter Milan. \u201cHe didn\u2019t match his skills and he could do better.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Saturday (against Sheffield United) was a very good performance and today as well. Also, don\u2019t forget that brilliant save just after half-time in the counter-attack. But, of course, that is one of his skills, he is a very good penalty saver.\u201d<\/p>\n
Onana\u2019s save sparked wild celebrations at a rocking Old Trafford, where he was mobbed by team-mates before United\u2019s substitutes poured onto the pitch.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou see there is a very good spirit in the dressing room,\u201d said Ten Hag, who claimed not to have seen Garnacho scuffing the penalty spot. \u201cThey are together, they fight together and they celebrate together. If we have setbacks, they support each other. I think that spirit is always needed to be a successful team.\u201d<\/p>\n