It’s no secret that Manchester United have struggled in the goalkeeper department since David de Gea’s departure in the summer of 2023.
Andre Onana, once hailed as the next great shotstopper at Old Trafford, fell wildly short of expectations following his move from Inter Milan.
Now, it remains to be seen whether new signing Senne Lammens could be the man to restore some faith in the position.
Altay Bayindir continues to worry in goal for Man Utd
You can absolutely sympathise with the decision to avoid lumping the Belgian in between the sticks in one of the biggest games in United’s calendar: the Manchester derby.
However, in the meantime, Red Devils fans will be forced to grin and bear their way through 90 minutes with Altay Bayindir in goal.
The 27-year-old Turk isn’t a totally inept shotstopper, however, in a similar vein to Onana, he’s prone to some heart-in-the-mouth errors.
Take, for instance, his bizarrely heavy touch eight minutes into the first half, which came close to gifting a lurking Erling Haaland an easy opener.
“A really poor touch. When the ball is coming to you, you have got to take the pace out of it,” the former Manchester United man was speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live (via BBC Sport).
Footage shared on X (formerly Twitter) by @MUFCDarren_ (courtesy of NBC Sports on Peacock) showcased the heart-rate-raising moment.
WTF ALTAY BAYINDIR ??? pic.twitter.com/qlrq5oEGsu
— Darren (@MUFCDarren_) September 14, 2025
Bayindir not at fault for Erling Haaland’s Man City goal
If we’re being extremely harsh, you could argue that Bayindir should have set himself up better to prepare for Phil Foden’s headed goal.
The shotstopper certainly was far from central between the sticks before Jeremy Doku’s lofted cutback found his teammate in the 18-yard box.
Phil Foden lights up the Etihad in the derby! 💥 pic.twitter.com/L1zRMuATsp
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) September 14, 2025
The simple fact of the matter is that we can, once again, blame some below par defending as the major contributing factor behind Ruben Amorim’s men going 1-0 down in the opening 18 minutes.
Again, though, it doesn’t necessarily help that Manchester United can seemingly never rely on their number one when called upon in crucial moments.
Do we have an Alisson Becker or a Jordan Pickford to bail us out? Far from it.
Here’s hoping that Lammens could be a potential game-changer for us this season.
you can never be good without defensive midfielder go out and sign baleba Elliott Anderson what nonsense is ugarte casemiro Bruno doing in a deeper role never happened in football why do you expect ur goalkeeper to be in confidence
Take to 100 million for Fernandez. Useless against better opposition, suicide passing and unable to tackle. Team not crossing any ball for Sesko. Bring back the 4/4/2 set up or we are facing another battle at bottom of table.
RA the manager should be replaced or get sack now. He is not good in players selection and some of players are no good at that times should not play in first XI.Ugarte making lots of mistakes, Shaw and Yoro are good in delaying the game and always passed back the ball to the GK. RA should not play Bayindir cos you know he is not that good. Try the new keeper as what MC does.Mainoo and Casimiro should play first XI and Bruno should play as no.10 . Amad should play RWB . As for Sesko all the feeding or ball being cross is really bad and his team mates seldom link with him.Only Dorgu always cross in and for Amad same , selfish and try to dribble through but sometimes fail. The balme should be at RA due to bad selection of players .
U are absolute right..RA as no excuse to loose this match if he had started casimero and Mainoo in midfield, then use the new Goalkeeper..
This loss is painful
RA is stubborn. He should get the sack by now. Tom Heaton Should start instead of Bayindir. Luke Shaw is slow & no proper feeding for our striker. Amad plays better as RWB. Mainoo / Casemiro plays better than Ugarte / Fernandes. Misses Cunha touch
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I think RA can’t help these players. Since he came to united he haven’t improved a single player but always think he is right. He should be sack. Win one loose many why so
OK……1/ Luke Shaw has “Lost I “… remove forthwith !!
2/ Can anyone tell me what Ugarte does..????
3/ Bruno needs to resume his attacking role…. In defensive situations , players simply run passed him…
4/ We will not win games playing “Pedestrian pace” football……
Bruno is a 10 if anything. Amorim says he’s up against Mainoo for a place, but Bruno should be up against Cunha and Mbeumo. Strange that even with Cunha injured Bruno didn’t get the position! Sell him then!!!
Play Casimero and Mainoo in the middle while waiting to replace Casimero it is all we have except one of the academy kids.
Bruno is a headless chicken and, despite his goals/assists, isn’t worth the number of times he loses the ball, makes senseless passes and simply gives up on play… …….£100m? why didn’t they take and buy a midfielder???